IN RE ESTATE OF WADE

No. 86-397.

129 N.H. 618 (1987)

In re ESTATE OF HUGH MASON WADE

Supreme Court of New Hampshire.

August 6, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stebbins, Bradley, Wood & Harvey, of Hanover (John S. Stebbins on the brief and orally), for the plaintiff.

Stephen E. Merrill, attorney general (David S. Peck, assistant attorney general, on the brief and orally), for the State.


BROCK, C.J.

This case involves the applicability of the New Hampshire inheritance tax to an annuity intended to discharge an after-death alimony obligation. RSA ch. 86. We affirm the assessment against the estate on the total annuity value of $60,757 and hold that where a party's obligation to pay alimony expires at the end of three years pursuant to former RSA 458:19 (1983), and is neither renewed nor extended, any payment to an ex-spouse after such expiration is...

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