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New Hampshire · Through 2025 regular legislative session, or December 2025

RSA 547-C:29: Award.

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  1. Title LVI: PROBATE COURTS AND DECEDENTS' ESTATES
  2. Chapter 547-C: PARTITION OF REAL ESTATE
  3. Unequal Division and Sale

In entering its decree the court may, in its discretion, award or assign the property or its proceeds on sale as a whole or in such portions as may be fair and equitable. In exercising its discretion in determining what is fair and equitable in a case before it, the court may consider: the direct or indirect actions and contributions of the parties to the acquisition, maintenance, repair, preservation, improvement, and appreciation of the property; the duration of the occupancy and nature of the use made of the property by the parties; disparities in the contributions of the parties to the property; any contractual agreements entered into between the parties in relation to sale or other disposition of the property; waste or other detriment caused to the property by the actions or inactions of the parties; tax consequences to the parties; the status of the legal title to the property; and any other factors the court deems relevant.

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