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N.H. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 564-F:14-1401

Nature of Beneficial Interests

Known as the New Hampshire Foundation Act

The act spans §§ 564-F:10-1001 to 564-F:9-901 (134 sections).

Source. 2017, 257:47, eff

(a) Subject to subsection (b), a beneficiary's interest is a mere expectancy and is not a property interest or an enforceable right.

(b) A beneficiary's interest is a property interest to the extent that:

(1) The beneficiary has a currently exercisable power to appoint the foundation's property to himself, herself, or itself without the consent of any other person; or

(2) The directors have failed to make a distribution to the beneficiary in accordance with a provision of the governing documents requiring the directors to make that distribution.

(c) For the purposes of determining a beneficiary's interest, the founder's intent as expressed in the terms of the governing documents shall be paramount.

Official source: New Hampshire General Court. Reproduced from public-domain New Hampshire statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.