Bill Text - HB265 (2015)

Relative to moneys allocated for child support.


Revision: March 27, 2015, midnight

HB 265 – AS INTRODUCED

2015 SESSION

15-0406 05/01

HOUSE BILL 265

AN ACT relative to moneys allocated for child support.

SPONSORS: Rep. Brewster, Merr 21

COMMITTEE: Children and Family Law

ANALYSIS

This bill provides that child support payments shall be paid to the obligee for the health, benefit, and welfare of the child and prohibits the state from deducting fees or costs from such payments. The bill also requires the department of health and human services to account for all funds received from an obligor as child support.

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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

15-0406

05/01

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Fifteen

AN ACT relative to moneys allocated for child support.

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

1 New Section; Child Support Guidelines; Allocation of Child Support Payments; Accountability. Amend RSA 458-C by inserting after section 7 the following new section:

458-C:8 Allocation of Child Support Payments; Accountability. All court-ordered child support payments made by the obligor shall be paid directly to the obligee for the health, benefit, and general welfare of the child. No fees, costs, or other deductions shall be taken from the child support payment. If the child support is payable through the department of health and human services, the department shall account for any and all funds received from the obligor and provide an itemized statement of such funds to the obligor upon request.

2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect January 1, 2016.