HB 508 - AS INTRODUCED
2001 SESSION
05/09
HOUSE BILL 508
COMMITTEE: Criminal Justice and Public Safety
This bill allows the defendant's attorney to contact the plaintiff, or the plaintiff's attorney, notwithstanding a protective order that prohibits contact through third parties.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
01-0778
05/09
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand One
AN ACT relative to third party contact in orders of protection from domestic violence.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 New Paragraph; Protection from Domestic Violence; Attorneys excluded from Limitation on Third Party Contact. Amend RSA 173-B:5 by inserting after paragraph X the following new paragraph:
XI. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, an order prohibiting the defendant from contacting the plaintiff through a third party shall not prevent the defendant's attorney from contacting the plaintiff's attorney or a pro-se plaintiff.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.