In Re Will and Estate of Bourassa

This is a consolidated appeal from the Superior Court (McHugh, J.) and the Rockingham County Probate Court (Hurd, J.). Deborah Beck, the fiancée of decedent David Bourassa, appeals an order of the probate court granting Desiree Bourassa’s petition for extension of time to file suit against her father’s estate, and an order of the superior court awarding the proceeds of the decedent’s life insurance policy to his five daughters. We reverse.

The record supports the following facts. The decedent, David Bourassa, and his wife, Toni Lynn Bourassa, were divorced in 1996. The divorce decree contained…