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HB361: relative to property settlement including animals.
Bill details
Version history, amendments, and roll-call votes were not present in the imported local bill data.
Sponsors
- Debra L DeSimone House ยท Rock 14
Topics
Criminal justice and courts Housing and property
Official links
CHAPTER 130
HB 361 - FINAL VERSION
2019 SESSION
19-0820
05/01
HOUSE BILL 361
AN ACT relative to property settlement including animals.
ANALYSIS
This bill includes animals as tangible property in a divorce settlement.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
19-0820
05/01
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Nineteen
AN ACT relative to property settlement including animals.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
130:1 New Paragraph; Annulment, Divorce and Separation; Property Settlement; Animals. Amend RSA 458:16-a by inserting after paragraph II the following new paragraph:
II-a. Tangible property shall include animals. In such cases, the property settlement shall address the care and ownership of the parties' animals, taking into consideration the animals' wellbeing.
130:2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
Approved: June 25, 2019
Effective Date: August 24, 2019