Revision: Jan. 30, 2017, 10:09 a.m.
HB 338 - AS INTRODUCED
2017 SESSION
17-0677
05/01
HOUSE BILL 338
AN ACT relative to grounds for termination of parental rights.
SPONSORS: Rep. Burt, Hills. 39
COMMITTEE: Children and Family Law
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This bill specifies that the state's obligation to file a petition to terminate the parental rights of a parent convicted of murder or manslaughter of a child's sibling or other parent applies to cases in which the child is born after the parent's conviction. The bill also removes the state's discretion to file the petition in such cases.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
17-0677
05/01
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Seventeen
AN ACT relative to grounds for termination of parental rights.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Grounds for Termination of Parental Rights. Amend RSA 169-C:24-a, I(c)(1) and (2) to read as follows:
(1) That the parent has been convicted of murder, pursuant to RSA 630:1-a or RSA 630:1-b, of another child of the parent, a sibling or step- sibling of the child, the child's other parent, or other persons related by consanguinity or affinity, including a minor child who resided with the defendant. This subparagraph shall apply to the parent of a child born after the parent's conviction under RSA 630:1-a or RSA 630:1-b.
(2) That the parent has been convicted of manslaughter, pursuant to RSA 630:2, of another child of the parent. This subparagraph shall apply to the parent of a child born after the parent's conviction under RSA 630:2.
2 New Paragraph; Petition for Termination of Parental Rights. Amend RSA 169-C:24-a by inserting after paragraph III the following new paragraph:
III-a. Paragraph III shall not apply to petitions brought under subparagraph I(c)(1) or I(c)(2).
3 Effective Date. This act shall take effect January 1, 2018.