Legal Question in Wills and Trusts in New Hampshire
If a person dies and has no belongings at time of death it is called a small estate. If time goes by then the same deceased person receives money left to them from someone and it is under 15000 who gets that money? Beneficiaries or Creditors?
1 Answer from Attorneys
More detail is needed to determine the rights of the people involved. Often when someone dies and leaves a will it requires that the individual to receive money or property must be alive at the time of the testator's death (one who makes the will). If the recipeient is not alive, then often the property would pass to someone else, or the heirs of the deceased recipient. In order to figure out "who gets what," an examination of the will or probate proceedings and a determination as to rights to inherit must be made. Meeting with an attorney experienced in probate matters would be to your advantage.