Revision: Jan. 21, 2010, midnight
HB 398 – AS INTRODUCED
2005 SESSION
05/01
HOUSE BILL 398
AN ACT removing judicial discretion to include life insurance in a child support order.
SPONSORS: Rep. Bickford, Straf 3
COMMITTEE: Children and Family Law
This bill prohibits the court from ordering one of the parties to maintain life insurance as part of a child support order.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
05-0528
05/01
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Five
AN ACT removing judicial discretion to include life insurance in a child support order.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 New Paragraph; Support and Custody of Children; Life Insurance. Amend RSA 458:17 by inserting after paragraph XI-a the following new paragraph:
XI-b. No child support order shall require a parent to maintain life insurance on behalf of the child.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect January 1, 2006.