HB 1286  - AS INTRODUCED

2022 SESSION

22-2699

07/05

HOUSE BILL 1286

AN ACT relative to the modification of parental rights and responsibilities.

SPONSORS: Rep. Amanda Bouldin, Hills. 12

COMMITTEE: Children and Family Law

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ANALYSIS

This bill limits the circumstances under which the court may issue a modification to an order concerning parental rights and responsibilities.

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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

22-2699

07/05

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Two

AN ACT relative to the modification of parental rights and responsibilities.

Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:

1  Parental Rights and Responsibilities; Modification of Parental Rights and Responsibilities.  Amend the introductory paragraph of RSA 461-A:11, I to read as follows:

I.  The court may issue an order modifying a permanent order concerning parental rights and responsibilities only under [any of] the following circumstances:

2  Effective Date.  This act shall take effect January 1, 2023.