Bill Text: NH HB1234 | 2018 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Permitting foster parents to intervene in a legal proceeding involving the custody of a child in their care.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-03-06 - Inexpedient to Legislate: Motion Adopted Voice Vote 03/06/2018 House Journal 6 P. 4 [HB1234 Detail]
Download: New_Hampshire-2018-HB1234-Introduced.html
HB 1234 - AS INTRODUCED
2018 SESSION
18-2171
05/03
HOUSE BILL 1234
SPONSORS: Rep. Morrison, Rock. 9; Rep. M. McCarthy, Hills. 29
COMMITTEE: Children and Family Law
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ANALYSIS
This bill permits a foster parent who has had continuous care of a child for a specified period of time to intervene in a proceeding under RSA 169-C.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
18-2171
05/03
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Eighteen
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 New Section; Child Protection Act; Foster Parent; Right to Intervene. Amend RSA 169-C by inserting after section 19-e the following new section:
169-C:19-f Foster Parent; Right to Intervene. Any foster parent who has had continuous care of a child for more than 15 months may intervene as an interested party in any proceeding under this chapter regarding the custody of the child. Such intervention may be made anonymously or in the name of the foster parent.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect January 1, 2019.
