CHAPTER 101
HB 467-FN – FINAL VERSION
2009 SESSION
05/01
HOUSE BILL 467-FN
AN ACT relative to the review and adjustment of child support orders.
SPONSORS: Rep. Moran, Hills 18
COMMITTEE: Children and Family Law
This bill establishes a mandatory 3-year review and adjustment process for all child support cases in which support is paid through or assigned to the department of health and human services pursuant to Title IV-A of the Social Security Act.
This bill is a request of the department of health and human services.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
09-0484
05/01
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Nine
AN ACT relative to the review and adjustment of child support orders.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
101:1 Review and Adjustment of Child Support. Amend RSA 458-C:7, I to read as follows:
I.(a) The obligor or obligee may apply to the court or, when the department of health and human services has issued a legal order of support pursuant to RSA 161-C, to the department, whichever issued the existing order, for modification of such order 3 years after the entry of the last order for support, without the need to show a substantial change of circumstances. This section shall not prohibit the obligor or obligee from applying at any time for a modification based on substantial change of circumstances.
(b) Not less than once every 3 years the department shall provide notice to the parties subject to a child support order payable through the department informing them of their right to request a review, and, if appropriate, the right to apply for adjustment of the child support order. The notice provision may be included as part of the initial support order or any subsequent orders.
(c) Not less than once every 3 years the department shall review all child support orders in which there is an assignment to the department pursuant to Title IV-A of the Social Security Act and, if appropriate, apply for adjustment of the child support order in accordance with the child support guidelines.
101:2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved: June 15, 2009
Effective Date: June 15, 2009