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HB1583: relative to grounds for modification of parental rights and responsibilities.
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- David Bickford House · Straf 3
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CHAPTER 232
HB 1583 – FINAL VERSION
15Feb2006… 0497h
05/04/06 1922s
2006 SESSION
06-2990
05/09
HOUSE BILL 1583
AN ACT relative to grounds for modification of parental rights and responsibilities.
AMENDED ANALYSIS
This bill permits the court to give substantial weight to the preference of a mature minor in the modification of 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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
15Feb2006… 0497h
05/04/06 1922s
06-2990
05/09
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Six
AN ACT relative to grounds for modification of parental rights and responsibilities.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
232:1 New Subparagraph; Grounds for Modification of Parental Rights and Responsibilities; Preference of Mature Minor. Amend RSA 461-A:11, I by inserting after subparagraph (d) the following new subparagraph:
(e) If the court finds by clear and convincing evidence that a minor child is of sufficient maturity to make a sound judgment about his or her proper custody, the court may give substantial weight to the preference of the mature minor child as to the parent with whom he or she wants to live. Under these circumstances, the court shall also give due consideration to other factors which may have affected the minor child’s preference, including, but not limited to, whether the minor child’s preference was based on undesirable or improper influences.
232:2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved: June 1, 2006
Effective: June 1, 2006