CHAPTER 48
SB 369 - FINAL VERSION
2002 SESSION
09/10
SENATE BILL 369
This bill requires court-approved administrative expenses of guardians and conservators to be paid out of the ward's estate as a priority over other debts and obligations of the ward to the extent funds are available and the ward's needs are being met.
This bill was requested by the department of health and human services.
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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.
Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]
Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
02-3114
09/10
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Two
AN ACT relative to compensation of guardians and conservators for administrative expenses.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
48:1 Guardians and Conservators; Compensation for Administrative Expenses. Amend RSA 464-A:23 to read as follows:
464-A:23 Compensation. Every guardian shall be allowed a reasonable compensation for all proper expenses and services in the discharge of the guardianship. Administrative expenses approved by the court, including but not limited to guardianship fees, legal fees, and appraisal costs shall be paid out of the estate of the ward as a priority over other debts and obligations of the ward to the extent that funds are available and the needs of the ward are being met. The balance of the account due to the guardian shall be a lien upon all of the estate of the ward, real and personal, not disposed of. After a person ceases to be guardian, he or she may maintain an action for the recovery of said money owed for expenses and services.
48:2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect January 1, 2003.
(Approved: April 26, 2002)
(Effective Date: January 1, 2003)