Revision: March 5, 2025, 11:40 a.m.
Senate Judiciary
March 5, 2025
2025-0746s
09/05
Amendment to SB 148-FN
Amend RSA 562-A:2 as inserted by section 1 of the bill by replacing it with the following:
562-A:2 Forfeiture of Statutory Benefits. An individual who feloniously and intentionally kills the decedent forfeits all benefits under this title with respect to the decedent's estate. If the decedent died intestate, the decedent's intestate estate passes as if the killer predeceased the decedent.
Amend RSA 562-A:4, II as inserted by section 1 of the bill by replacing it with the following:
II. Provisions of a governing instrument are given effect as if the killer predeceased the decedent.
Amend RSA 562-A as inserted by section 1 of the bill by inserting after section 562-A:8 the following new section:
562-A:9 Time of Application of Forfeiture. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, a forfeiture arising under this chapter may be determined at any time prior to the closure of the estate by the probate court. This chapter shall be construed to apply to all estates that have not been closed by the probate court prior to the effective date of this chapter.
Amend RSA 507-I:1, II as inserted by section 2 of the bill by replacing it with the following:
II. “Profits from a homicide crime” include any property which the defendant obtained or income generated as a result of having committed the crime, any potential inheritance or realized inheritance, any assets obtained through the use of unique knowledge obtained during the commission of, or in preparation for the commission of, a crime, any other acquisition of property or interest by the killer, including a life estate in homestead property, and any property obtained by or income generated from the sale, conversion, or exchange of such property and any gain realized by such sale, conversion, or exchange.