Revision: Nov. 13, 2017, 9:23 a.m.
HB 1586 - AS INTRODUCED
2018 SESSION
18-2361
05/03
HOUSE BILL 1586
AN ACT relative to judicial review for underage marriage.
SPONSORS: Rep. Cilley, Straf. 4; Rep. Altschiller, Rock. 19; Rep. Gourgue, Straf. 25; Rep. Rosenwald, Hills. 30; Rep. Lerner, Rock. 4; Rep. Read, Rock. 17; Sen. Soucy, Dist 18
COMMITTEE: Children and Family Law
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ANALYSIS
This bill prohibits the court from granting permission for a marriage involving a minor if the other party, but for the marriage, would be guilty of sexual assault.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
18-2361
05/03
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Eighteen
AN ACT relative to judicial review for underage marriage.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Marriages; Granting of Permission. Amend RSA 457:7 to read as follows:
457:7 Granting of Permission.
I. Such justice or judge shall at once hear the parties, and, if satisfied that special cause exists making such marriage desirable, shall grant permission therefor, which shall be filed with the court and shall be reported to the division of vital records. The division shall note the fact of the granting of such permission upon the certificate and upon all copies thereof which are by law required to be kept.
II. In no circumstance shall a justice or judge grant permission to marry under this section if sexual contact or sexual penetration between the parties would, but for the solemnization of the proposed marriage, constitute sexual assault, felonious sexual assault, or aggravated felonious sexual assault under RSA 632-A.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect January 1, 2019.