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HB361: relative to property settlement including animals.

Bill status: Signed by Governor

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Version history, amendments, and roll-call votes were not present in the imported local bill data.

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Criminal justice and courts Housing and property

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.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