Revision: Jan. 21, 2010, midnight
HB 1586 – AS INTRODUCED
2006 SESSION
05/04
HOUSE BILL 1586
AN ACT prohibiting enforcement of support orders for college or other postsecondary education expenses.
SPONSORS: Rep. Bickford, Straf 3
COMMITTEE: Children and Family Law
This bill prohibits enforcement of any support order for college or other postsecondary education expenses issued prior to October 1, 2005.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
06-2995
05/04
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Six
AN ACT prohibiting enforcement of support orders for college or other postsecondary education expenses.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Parental Rights and Responsibilities; Support; Prior Orders for College Expenses Unenforceable. RSA 461-A:14, V to read as follows:
V. No child support order shall require a parent to contribute to an adult child’s college expenses or other postsecondary educational expenses [beyond the completion of high school]. Any provision of a support order issued before October 1, 2005 requiring a parent to contribute to an adult child’s college expenses or other postsecondary educational expenses shall be void and unenforceable.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.