Revision: Dec. 19, 2019, 9:52 a.m.
SB 443 - AS INTRODUCED
2020 SESSION
20-2941
04/08
SENATE BILL 443
AN ACT allowing judicial referees to issue orders in non-contested probate matters.
SPONSORS: Sen. Carson, Dist 14; Sen. French, Dist 7; Sen. Gray, Dist 6; Rep. M. Smith, Straf. 6; Rep. B. Griffin, Hills. 6
COMMITTEE: Judiciary
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ANALYSIS
This bill authorizes the administrative judge of the circuit court to appoint a judicial referee in certain probate matters.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
20-2941
04/08
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty
AN ACT allowing judicial referees to issue orders in non-contested probate matters.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 New Paragraph; Judges of Probate; Jurisdiction. Amend RSA 547:3 by inserting after paragraph IV the following new paragraph:
V. The administrative judge of the circuit court may appoint one or more referees to any matter which is not contested and to which no objection has been filed, or to which all parties have assented, for any cases arising under subparagraphs I(a), (b), and (g). Any referee so assigned shall act under the direction of a judge of probate as defined in RSA 490-F:6, III. Any party aggrieved by a decision made by a referee pursuant to this paragraph may file a request for reconsideration within 10 days of the clerk's notice of decision, and if such request is filed, the matter shall be reviewed by a judge of probate.
2 Repeal. RSA 547:3, I(h), relative to the jurisdiction of the probate court over cases involving termination of parental rights, is repealed.
3 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.