HB1363 (2006) Detail

Relative to financial statements used to determine child support obligations.


HB 1363 – AS INTRODUCED

2006 SESSION

06-2434

05/03

HOUSE BILL 1363

AN ACT relative to financial statements used to determine child support obligations.

SPONSORS: Rep. Jennifer Brown, Straf 5; Rep. Flockhart, Rock 13; Rep. Grassie, Straf 1

COMMITTEE: Children and Family Law

ANALYSIS

This bill requires a parent against whom the department of health and human services seeks to establish a child support order to disclose his or her income over the last 3 years.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

06-2434

05/03

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Six

AN ACT relative to financial statements used to determine child support obligations.

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

1 Support of Dependent Children; Financial Statements; 3 Years. Amend RSA 161-B:6, I to read as follows:

I. Any parent or other person, against whom the department seeks to establish a support obligation under RSA 161-C:4 or RSA 161-C:8 and [9] RSA 161-C:9 as a result of such person’s absence or failure to adequately support a dependent child, shall be required to disclose to the department the person’s current monthly income or total income over the past [12 months] 3 years, the number of dependents for whom the person is providing support, the amount such person is contributing regularly toward the support of all children, the person’s current monthly living expenses, and such other information as is pertinent to determining the person’s ability to support such children. Such statement shall be filed in a manner satisfactory to the department. Whoever knowingly fails to comply with the requirements of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.

2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect January 1, 2007.