HB 1733-FN – AS AMENDED BY THE HOUSE
15Feb2006… 0818h
2006 SESSION
05/09
HOUSE BILL 1733-FN
AN ACT establishing a reporting system for court decisions relative to residential responsibility under parenting plans.
SPONSORS: Rep. Bickford, Straf 3
COMMITTEE: Children and Family Law
This bill requires the court to provide the registrar of vital records with certain information regarding parental rights and responsibilities. The registrar shall provide statistical information relative to the determination of parental rights and responsibilities to the public, upon request.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
15Feb2006… 0818h
06-2993
05/09
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Six
AN ACT establishing a reporting system for court decisions relative to residential responsibility under parenting plans.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 New Section; Parental Rights and Responsibilities; Information Provided to State Registrar. Amend RSA 461-A by inserting after section 6 the following new section:
461-A:6-a Information Provided to State Registrar. Upon issuing or modifying a permanent order concerning parental rights and responsibilities, the court shall provide the following information to the state registrar:
I. Whether decision making responsibility for the child shall be with both parents, the mother, the father, or another person.
II. Whether residential responsibility shall be shared equally, or approximately equally, by the child’s parents, or if it shall be primarily the responsibility of the mother, father, or another party.
III. The type of petition: a petition for divorce, annulment, separation, or determination of parental rights and responsibilities.
IV. The date of the order relative to parental rights and the date of the divorce decree, if any.
V. The name of the hearing official.
2 New Section; Vital Records Administration; Record of Parental Rights and Responsibilities. Amend RSA 5-C by inserting after section 61 the following new section:
5-C:61-a Record of Parental Rights and Responsibilities. The division shall collect information relative to the determination of parental rights and responsibilities from the courts, pursuant to RSA 461-A:6-a. Such information be available to parties with a tangible interest in the record. The department also shall make statistical information relative to the determination of parental rights and responsibilities available to the public, upon request.
3 Effective Date. This act shall take effect January 1, 2007.
LBAO
06-2993
12/14/05
HB 1733-FN - FISCAL NOTE
AN ACT establishing a reporting system for court decisions relative to residential responsibility under parenting plans.
FISCAL IMPACT:
The Office of Legislative Budget Assistant is unable to complete a fiscal note for this bill as it is awaiting information from the Administrative Office of the Courts. The LBA has been waiting 9 weeks for the Office to reply. Bill introduction and scheduling commitments do not allow us to wait any longer. When completed, the fiscal note will be forwarded to the House Clerk's Office.