In re Estate of Page

The issue in this case is whether the probate court has jurisdiction to direct a conservator to make payments to her ward’s wife and children for their support and the children’s educational expenses. The conservator argues that the request for support payments is a domestic relations matter over which the superior court has exclusive jurisdiction. We disagree and find that jurisdiction belongs in the probate court.

On March 26, 1968, the Rockingham County Probate Court appointed Lucille D. Page conservator of the estate of George H. Page. Mrs. Mary B. Page is the ward’s wife and mother of two…