Bill Text: NH HB293 | 2021 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Relative to the procedure for adoption of a minor child.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 9-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2021-05-27 - Rereferred to Committee, Motion Adopted, Voice Vote; 05/27/2021; Senate Journal 17 [HB293 Detail]
Download: New_Hampshire-2021-HB293-Amended.html
HB 293 - AS AMENDED BY THE HOUSE
7Apr2021... 0590h
2021 SESSION
21-0550
05/04
HOUSE BILL 293
AN ACT relative to the procedure for adoption of a minor child.
SPONSORS: Rep. Belanger, Rock. 9; Rep. Blasek, Hills. 21; Rep. Abramson, Rock. 37; Rep. Bordes, Belk. 3; Rep. Love, Rock. 6; Rep. Prudhomme-O'Brien, Rock. 6; Rep. Sheehan, Hills. 23; Sen. Carson, Dist 14; Sen. Reagan, Dist 17
COMMITTEE: Children and Family Law
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AMENDED ANALYSIS
This bill provides that, in an adoption proceeding, a home assessment may not be required if the parents are deceased or their parental rights have been terminated and the child has lived with the prospective adoptive parents for at least 2 years, or if an assessment has been completed in the previous 3 years.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
7Apr2021... 0590h 21-0550
05/04
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty One
AN ACT relative to the procedure for adoption of a minor child.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Adoption; Assessment Not Required. Amend RSA 170-B:18, V to read as follows:
V. Notwithstanding the provisions of RSA 170-B:18, I and II, in the adoption of a [related] minor child, the court may[, for good cause shown,] proceed to a hearing and a decree without an assessment when [both] either of the following circumstances are met:
(a) (1) The parents of the minor child have surrendered their parental rights, the parents of the minor are deceased, or the parents' parental rights have been terminated; and
[(b)] (2) The minor child has resided with the petitioners [to whom the child is related] for at least [3] 2 consecutive years prior to filing the petition for adoption; or
(b) An assessment has been completed in the previous 3 years.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
