Bill Text - HB38 (2009)

Relative to the minimum amount of child support ordered by the court.


Revision: Jan. 12, 2009, midnight

HB 38 – AS INTRODUCED

2009 SESSION

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05/09

HOUSE BILL 38

AN ACT relative to the minimum amount of child support ordered by the court.

SPONSORS: Rep. Burridge, Ches 3

COMMITTEE: Children and Family Law

ANALYSIS

This bill increases the minimum amount of child support that may be ordered by 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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

09-0026

05/09

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Nine

AN ACT relative to the minimum amount of child support ordered by the court.

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

1 Definition of Minimum Support Order. Amend RSA 458-C:2, V to read as follows:

V. “Minimum support order” means an order of support equal to [$50] $150 per month, unless the court determines that a lesser amount is appropriate under the particular circumstances of the case.

2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect January 1, 2010.