Legal Opinion
Hirst ex rel. Lunt v. Dugan
Supreme Court of New Hampshire
Decided July 15, 1992No. 91-095PublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtBatchelder, J.
This is an appeal from a ruling by the Superior Court (O’Neil, J.) denying the plaintiff’s motion for temporary and permanent support for her child against the co-executors of the last will and testament of Peter A. Lunt. Because we hold that there is no posthumous support obligation on a parent’s estate without a preexisting order to that effect, we affirm.
The plaintiff is a single mother who gave birth to the child one week after the death of the father. The parents of the child never married. The father had been married and was survived by adult children from his marriage. The father’s…
2Cases cited6 opinions
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- Opinion of the JusticesSupreme Court of New Hampshire · 1989
- Stebbins v. StebbinsSupreme Court of New Hampshire · 1981
- Dupuis v. ClickSupreme Court of New Hampshire · 1992
- Young v. BentonSupreme Court of New Hampshire · 1899
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