CHAPTER 57
HB 280 – FINAL VERSION
09Mar2005… 0297h
04/28/05 1208s
2005 SESSION
05/03
HOUSE BILL 280
AN ACT relative to the manner of service in divorce and child custody proceedings.
COMMITTEE: Children and Family Law
This bill permits the respondent in a divorce or child custody proceeding to accept service at the court.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
09Mar2005… 0297h
04/28/05 1208s
05-0817
05/03
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Five
AN ACT relative to the manner of service in divorce and child custody proceedings.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
57:1 New Paragraph; Annulment, Divorce and Separation; Optional Manner of Service of Petitions. Amend RSA 458:9 by inserting after paragraph II the following new paragraph:
II-a. In lieu of service as described in paragraph II, the court may, after issuing orders of notice, send notice to the respondent indicating that the petition has been filed and that the respondent or the respondent’s attorney may accept service at the court within 10 days. If neither the respondent nor the attorney for the respondent accepts service at the court within 10 days as specified in the correspondence, the petition shall be forwarded to the petitioner for service in accordance with paragraph II.
57:2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect July 1, 2005.
(Approved: May 23, 2005)
(Effective Date: July 1, 2005)