Revision: Dec. 2, 2019, 2:56 p.m.
HB 1348 - AS INTRODUCED
2020 SESSION
20-2550
05/01
HOUSE BILL 1348
AN ACT relative to guardianship by grandparents.
SPONSORS: Rep. Horn, Merr. 2; Rep. Schuett, Merr. 20
COMMITTEE: Children and Family Law
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ANALYSIS
This bill provides that, for custody or guardianship purposes under RSA 463, the term grandparent may mean a minor's great-grandparent or great-great grandparent.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
20-2550
05/01
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty
AN ACT relative to guardianship by grandparents.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 New Paragraph; Guardianship of Minors; Definition of Grandparent Added. Amend RSA 463:2 by inserting after paragraph III the following new paragraph:
III-a. "Grandparent" includes a great-grandparent or great-great grandparent.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.