NEW HAMPSHIRE LAW: Judicial Branch

NH Judicial Branch Official website.

Court Rules Rules for all the Courts.

Rules of Professional Conduct See also the Ethics page on this Web site.

Rules of Evidence

Guidelines for Public Access to Court Records

Court Committees

Judicial Branch Annual Reports

• NH Supreme Court  The Supreme Court sits in Concord and is the state’s only appellate court. The Supreme Court has discretionary jurisdiction which means, with the exception of capital murder cases, the justices decide whether or not to accept a case for appellate review.

Oral Argument Calendar

Slip Opinions

Cases Accepted

Supreme Court Rules

Orders

Forms

• NH Superior Court The Superior Court has jurisdiction over a wide variety of cases, including criminal, domestic relations, and civil cases, and provides the only forum in this state for trial by jury. The Superior Court is a statewide court of general jurisdiction and provides jury trials in civil and criminal cases. There are 11 Superior Court sites in New Hampshire, one for each county and two in Hillsborough County.

Rules of the Superior Court of the State of New Hampshire

NH Superior Court Administrative Rules

Selected Superior Court Orders

Administrative Orders

Forms

Court Locations

• NH District and Municipal Courts The District Courts, located in 36 cities and towns across the state, are truly New Hampshire’s "community courts." Cases within the jurisdiction of the district court involve families, juveniles, small claims, landlord tenant matters, minor crimes and violations and civil cases in which the disputed amount does not exceed $25,000.

Rules of the District and Municipal Courts of the State of New Hampshire

Administrative Orders

Court Locations

• NH Probate Courts The Probate Court has jurisdiction over a variety of cases including trusts, wills and estates, adoptions, termination of parental rights, name changes, guardianship of incapacitated persons, guardianship of minors, partition of property and involuntary commitments. The work of the Probate Court centers on protecting individual rights, particularly for some of the state's most vulnerable citizens, including the mentally and physically disabled. The Probate Court also resolves issues involving families, such as adoptions and property such as wills and estates.

  Rules of Practice and Procedure in the Probate Courts of the State of New Hampshire

  Procedure Bulletins

  Administrative Orders

  Court Locations

  Forms