Bill Text: NH HB475 | 2023 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Establishing a right to submit evidence and testimony in family court proceedings.
Sponsorship: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 4-2)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-03-15 - Retained in Committee [HB475 Detail]
Download: New_Hampshire-2023-HB475-Introduced.html
HB 475 - AS INTRODUCED
2023 SESSION
23-0558
04/08
HOUSE BILL 475
AN ACT establishing a right to submit evidence and testimony in family court proceedings.
SPONSORS: Rep. Post, Hills. 42; Rep. Ulery, Hills. 13; Rep. Andrus, Merr. 5; Rep. McMahon, Rock. 17; Rep. McWilliams, Merr. 30; Rep. Preece, Hills. 17
COMMITTEE: Children and Family Law
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ANALYSIS
This bill provides that parties in a family court proceeding shall have the right to present evidence and testimony.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
23-0558
04/08
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Three
AN ACT establishing a right to submit evidence and testimony in family court proceedings.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 New Section; Judicial Branch Family Division; Right to Present Evidence and Testimony. Amend RSA 490-D by inserting after section 3 the following new section:
490-D:3-a Right to Present Evidence and Testimony. The parties in any family court proceeding shall have the right to present evidence and testimony. This right shall not be limited by the presiding judge, magistrate, or marital master, or by the New Hampshire rules of evidence, or the rules of the circuit court family division. The court shall note in the record of the proceedings any evidence not admitted into the record, including the specific evidence or testimony not admitted, and the reason it was not admitted.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
