CHAPTER 197
HB 447 - FINAL VERSION
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2003 SESSION
05/10
HOUSE BILL 447
COMMITTEE: Children and Family Law
This bill provides that, in an action to establish paternity, child support may be retroactive until the child is 3 months old. After the child is 3 months old, child support may be retroactive to the date of service of the petition upon the respondent.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
25mar03... 0868h
03-0651
05/10
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Three
AN ACT limiting retroactive child support awards under the uniform act on paternity.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
197:1 New Section; Uniform Act on Paternity; Limitation on Child Support. Amend RSA 168-A by inserting after section 3 the following new section:
168-A:3-a Limitation on Retroactive Support Award. If the child is 3 months old or older, the father's liability for past education and support under RSA 168-A:1 is limited to amounts accrued from the date of service of the petition on the father or, if the court finds that the father is willfully avoiding service, from such date as the court determines is just and equitable. There is no limitation on retroactive support if the child is less than 3 months old.
197:2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect January 1, 2004.
(Approved: June 30, 2003)
(Effective Date: January 1, 2004)