HIRST v. DUGAN

No. 91-095.

136 N.H. 5 (1992)

SUSAN MAY HIRST, INDIVIDUALLY AND AS MOTHER AND NEXT FRIEND OF SARA HELEN LUNT v. SHARON WEBSTER DUGAN & a.

Supreme Court of New Hampshire.

July 15, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kevin F. Sullivan, of Meredith, on the brief and orally, for the plaintiff.

Normandin, Cheney & O'Neil, of Laconia (James F. Lafrance on the brief and orally), for the defendants.


BATCHELDER, 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...

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