Bill Text - HB1270 (2020)

Relative to the determination of parental rights and responsibilities.


Revision: Dec. 2, 2019, 1:38 p.m.

HB 1270 - AS INTRODUCED

 

 

2020 SESSION

20-2702

05/06

 

HOUSE BILL 1270

 

AN ACT relative to the determination of parental rights and responsibilities.

 

SPONSORS: Rep. Gay, Rock. 8; Rep. McNally, Straf. 10; Rep. Marsh, Carr. 8; Rep. Mullen, Hills. 7; Rep. Plumer, Belk. 6; Rep. Cali-Pitts, Rock. 30

 

COMMITTEE: Children and Family Law

 

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ANALYSIS

 

This bill provides that either party may request a hearing prior to the court's determination of parental rights and responsibilities.

 

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

20-2702

05/06

 

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

 

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty

 

AN ACT relative to the determination of parental rights and responsibilities.

 

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

 

1  New Paragraph; Determination of Parental Rights and Responsibilities; Best Interest; Opportunity for Hearing.  Amend RSA 461-A:6 by inserting after paragraph III the following new paragraph:

III-a.  Upon the request of either party, the court shall schedule a hearing to resolve any issues that remain in dispute regarding the determination of parental rights and responsibilities.  Prior to the hearing, the parties shall file and exchange a list of witnesses to be called at the hearing.

2  Effective Date.  This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.