Revision: Dec. 16, 2022, 12:25 p.m.
2023 SESSION
23-0655.0
06/10
HOUSE BILL [bill number]
AN ACT relative to temporary orders for parental rights and responsibilities.
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ANALYSIS
This bill requires courts to issue temporary orders concerning a minor child when petitioned to do so. This bill requires such temporary hearings to be held within 30 days of petition filing and temporary orders to be issued within 45 days.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
23-0655.0
06/10
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Three
AN ACT relative to temporary orders for parental rights and responsibilities.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Parental Rights and Responsibilities; Temporary Orders. Amend the introductory paragraph RSA 461-A:8 to read as follows:
461-A:8 Temporary Orders. After the filing of a petition concerning a minor child under this chapter, the court [may] shall issue orders with such conditions and limitations as the court deems just. Temporary hearing orders shall be held within 30 days after the filing of a petition and any other temporary orders shall be ordered within 45 days. The orders may be issued ex parte. The orders may include the following:
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect January 1, 2024.