Revision: Oct. 25, 2023, 9:01 a.m.
2024 SESSION
24-2631.0
05/08
HOUSE BILL [bill number]
AN ACT relative to interference with child custody and shared parenting.
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ANALYSIS
This bill directs the court to award a parent additional parenting time in response to the other parent's noncompliance with the parenting schedule. The bill also permits the court to fine the parent for noncompliance with the parenting schedule.
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24-2631.0
05/08
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Four
AN ACT relative to interference with child custody and shared parenting.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Parental Rights and Responsibilities; Judicial Enforcement of Parenting Plan; Additional Parenting Time Awarded. Amend RSA 461-A:4-a to read as follows:
461-A:4-a Judicial Enforcement of Parenting Plan.
I. Any motion for contempt or enforcement of an order regarding an approved parenting plan under this chapter, if filed by a parent, shall be reviewed by the court within 30 days.
II. If the court finds that a parent has, without just cause, failed to abide by the terms of a parenting schedule under RSA 461-A:4, the court shall order additional parenting time to the other parent as compensation for time lost with the child. The additional parenting time:
(a) Shall be of the same type and duration as the parenting time that was denied, or a reasonable approximation thereof;
(b) May include weekend, holidays, and summer parenting time; and
(c) Shall occur on or before the second anniversary of the date the court finds the parent in contempt for noncompliance with the court-ordered parenting schedule.
III. In addition to reasonable attorneys fees and costs under RSA 461-A:15, the court may impose a civil fine of $500 for noncompliance with the parenting schedule. Each day of noncompliance may be considered a separate offense.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect January 1, 2025.