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HB298: (New Title) relative to physical child custody decisions.
Bill details
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Sponsors
- Bickford House ยท Straf 68
Topics
Criminal justice and courts Children and family law
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HB 298 - AS AMENDED BY THE HOUSE
25mar03... 0609h
2003 SESSION
03-0650
05/10
HOUSE BILL 298
AN ACT relative to physical child custody decisions.
AMENDED ANALYSIS
This bill provides that, upon the request of either party, the court shall make findings relative to the basis for a physical child custody decision.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
25mar03... 0609h
03-0650
05/10
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Three
AN ACT relative to physical child custody decisions.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Findings. The legislature finds and declares that it is the public policy of this state that frequent and continuing contact between minor children and both parents after the parents have separated or dissolved their marriage is ordinarily beneficial to the children. The legislature also finds that it is in the public interest to encourage parents to share the rights and responsibilities of child rearing in order to effect this policy.
2 Domestic Relations; Support and Custody of Children; Joint Physical Custody Awards. Amend RSA 458:17, III to read as follows:
III. For the purposes of RSA 458:17, II "joint legal custody" shall include all parental rights with the exception of physical custody which shall be awarded as the court deems most conducive to the benefit of the children. Upon the request of either party, the court shall make findings relative to the basis for an award of physical custody.
3 Effective Date. This act shall take effect January 1, 2004.