RSA 460:9: Procedure, etc.

Upon the filing of the petition, a citation to the other party to the marriage shall issue and service thereof shall be made as provided in RSA 550. If, after hearing, the judge is satisfied that the necessary cause for divorce is in existence and that no injustice will result, he may grant the license. A conveyance made under the license shall be a complete bar to all rights of homestead to which such guilty party may then or thereafter be entitled in the premises so conveyed.