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HB528: relative to support and care costs for children with disabilities.

Bill status: Signed by Governor

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CHAPTER 201

HB 528 – FINAL VERSION

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2013 SESSION

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HOUSE BILL 528

AN ACT relative to support and care costs for children with disabilities.

AMENDED ANALYSIS

This bill allows the court to initiate or continue child support beyond the age of 18 for children with disabilities, provided that the order does not continue after the child reaches age 21.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

13Mar2013… 0594h

05/23/13…1486s

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05/04

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Thirteen

AN ACT relative to support and care costs for children with disabilities.

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

201:1 Parental Rights and Responsibilities; Duration of Support for Child with Disabilities. Amend RSA 461-A:14, IV to read as follows:

IV. The amount of a child support obligation shall remain as stated in the order until the dependent child for whom support is ordered completes his or her high school education or reaches the age of 18 years, whichever is later, or marries, or becomes a member of the armed services, at which time the child support obligation, including all educational support obligations, terminates without further legal action. [If the order involves a disabled child, the court shall specify the duration of the order, which may be beyond the time when the child reaches the age of 18.] If the parties have a child with disabilities, the court may initiate or continue the child support obligation after the child reaches the age of 18. No child support order for a child with disabilities may continue after the child reaches age 21.

201:2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect upon its passage.

Approved: July 9, 2013

Effective Date: July 9, 2013