This page is an unofficial LFoD record and is not legal advice. Verify the document against the official source before relying on it.
HB259: requiring the supreme court to adopt rules of evidence for the judicial branch family division.
Bill details
Version history, amendments, and roll-call votes were not present in the imported local bill data.
Sponsors
- Kenneth Sheffert House · Rock 15
Topics
Criminal justice and courts Children and family law
Official links
HB 259 – AS INTRODUCED
2011 SESSION
11-0894
09/05
HOUSE BILL 259
AN ACT requiring the supreme court to adopt rules of evidence for the judicial branch family division.
ANALYSIS
This bill requires the supreme court to adopt rules of evidence for the judicial branch family division.
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
11-0894
09/05
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Eleven
AN ACT requiring the supreme court to adopt rules of evidence for the judicial branch family division.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 New Section; Judicial Branch Family Division; Rules of Evidence. Amend RSA 490-D by inserting after section 15 the following new section:
490-D:16 Rules of Evidence. The supreme court shall adopt rules of evidence to be followed uniformly by the judicial branch family division. To the extent practicable, the judicial branch family division rules of evidence shall be based on the New Hampshire rules of evidence for other courts in the state.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect January 1, 2012.