New Hampshire Revised Statutes 282-A:147 – Priorities Under Legal Dissolution or Distributions
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Terms Used In New Hampshire Revised Statutes 282-A:147
- Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
- Bankruptcy: Refers to statutes and judicial proceedings involving persons or businesses that cannot pay their debts and seek the assistance of the court in getting a fresh start. Under the protection of the bankruptcy court, debtors may discharge their debts, perhaps by paying a portion of each debt. Bankruptcy judges preside over these proceedings.
- state: when applied to different parts of the United States, may extend to and include the District of Columbia and the several territories, so called; and the words "United States" shall include said district and territories. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 21:4
In the event of any distribution of an employer’s assets pursuant to an order of any court under the laws of this state, or any receivership, assignment for benefit of creditors, adjudicated insolvency, composition, or similar proceeding, contributions then or thereafter due shall be paid in full prior to all other claims except taxes and claims for wages of not more than $250 to each claimant, earned within 6 months of the commencement of the proceeding. In the event of any employer’s adjudication in bankruptcy, judicially confirmed extension proposal, or composition, under the Federal Bankruptcy Act of 1898, as amended, contributions then or hereafter due shall be entitled to such priority as is provided in section 64(b) of that act, U.S.C., Title 11, section 104(b), as amended.