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HOUSE BILL 446

COMMITTEE: Children and Family Law

ANALYSIS

This bill makes certain technical corrections to the child support and enforcement laws.

The bill is a request of the office of child support within the department of health and human services.

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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.

Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]

Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

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STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand One

Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:

222:1 Support of Dependent Children. Amend RSA 161-B:4, I (b)(2) to read as follows:

(2) A court, pursuant to RSA 173-B or RSA 458:16, has issued a protective order enjoining a parent of a child from abusing or interfering with the liberty of the child's other parent, guardian, or legal representative, and that such order remains in full force and effect at the time the person applies for child support services.

222:2 Method of Support for Children; Subrogation. Amend RSA 161-C:6, II to read as follows:

II. Upon application for services by an obligee under the terms of [RSA 161-C:4, III] RSA 161-B:3, together with such fees, if any, as have been established by the commissioner, the department is authorized to prosecute or maintain any support action or execute any administrative remedy existing under the laws of this state, including, but not limited to, all remedies provided under this chapter.

222:3 Divorce in Another Jurisdiction. Amend RSA 458:19-a to read as follows:

222:458:19-a Divorce in Another Jurisdiction. The superior court shall have a jurisdiction to make such orders or temporary orders of alimony to a divorced wife or divorced husband, or of support to the children of divorced parents as justice shall require in cases where the decree of divorce was not granted in this jurisdiction, even though said divorce decree makes provision for alimony and support, [provided the wife and the children or the husband and children are domiciled in this jurisdiction and the husband or wife, as the case may be, is served with process in this jurisdiction] subject to the provisions of RSA 546-B.

222:4 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.

(Approved: July 11, 2001)

(Effective Date: September 9, 2001)