HB 1632 – VERSION ADOPTED BY BOTH BODIES
2014 SESSION
05/03
HOUSE BILL 1632
AN ACT relative to child support orders for children with disabilities.
SPONSORS: Rep. Bouchard, Merr 18; Rep. Henle, Merr 12
COMMITTEE: Children and Family Law
This bill clarifies that no child support order for a child with disabilities that takes effect after July 9, 2013 may continue after the child reaches 21 years of age. The bill also permits the court to reinstate a child support order for a child with disabilities that was modified or vacated between July 9, 2013 and the effective date of this act.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
14-2850
05/03
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Fourteen
AN ACT relative to child support orders for children with disabilities.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Parental Rights and Responsibilities; Duration of Support for Children with Disabilities. Amend RSA 461-A:14, IV to read as follows:
IV. The amount of a child support obligation shall remain as stated in the order until the dependent child for whom support is ordered completes his or her high school education or reaches the age of 18 years, whichever is later, or marries, or becomes a member of the armed services, at which time the child support obligation, including all educational support obligations, terminates without further legal action. If the parties have a child with disabilities, the court may initiate or continue the child support obligation after the child reaches the age of 18. No child support order for a child with disabilities which becomes effective after July 9, 2013 may continue after the child reaches age 21.
2 Modification of Child Support Orders for Children with Disabilities. The court may reinstate a child support order for a child with disabilities which was in effect on July 9, 2013 and modified or vacated between July 9, 2013 and the effective date of this act.
3 Effective Date. This act shall take effect upon its passage.