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HB1238: relative to income for purposes of child support.

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Children and Family Law

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HB 1238 - AS INTRODUCED

2016 SESSION

16-2149

05/03

HOUSE BILL 1238

AN ACT relative to income for purposes of child support.


ANALYSIS

This bill provides that a displaced homemaker shall not be considered underemployed for the purpose of calculating gross income for child support.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

16-2149

05/03

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Sixteen

AN ACT relative to income for purposes of child support.

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

1 Child Support; Definition of Gross Income; Displaced Homemaker. Amend RSA 458-C:2, IV(a) to read as follows:

(a) The court, in its discretion, may consider as gross income the difference between the amount a parent is earning and the amount a parent has earned in cases where the parent voluntarily becomes unemployed or underemployed, unless the parent is physically or mentally incapacitated. This subparagraph shall not apply to a displaced homemaker, as defined in RSA 275-D:2, I.

2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.