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SB401: relative to recommendations of marital masters.

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SB 401 – AS INTRODUCED

2008 SESSION

08-2722

03/04

SENATE BILL 401

AN ACT relative to recommendations of marital masters.

ANALYSIS

This bill removes the requirement that recommendations of marital masters upon uncontested, nondispositive motions be signed by a judge. This bill also permits parties to consent to entry of a final judgment by a marital master.

This bill was requested by the supreme court.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

08-2722

03/04

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Eight

AN ACT relative to recommendations of marital masters.

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

1 Judicial Branch Family Division; Recommendations of Marital Masters. Amend RSA 490-D:9 to read as follows:

490-D:9 Recommendations of Marital Masters. All recommendations of marital masters shall be signed by a judge except where the recommendation is upon an uncontested, nondispositive motion or where the parties consent in advance and in writing to the entry of final judgment by the marital master. Any recommendation of a marital master not signed by a judge pursuant to this section may be the subject of an appeal to the supreme court in accordance with the rules of the supreme court.

2 Applicability to Superior Courts. During the implementation of the judicial branch family division statewide, RSA 490-D:9 shall apply to recommendations of marital masters in both the superior court and the judicial branch family division.

3 Effective Date. This act shall take effect January 1, 2009.