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HB548: relative to the role of a guardian ad litem in cases where domestic violence is suspected or alleged.
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Sponsors
- Betty Gay House · Rock 8
- Read House · Rock 17
- Gould House · Hills 7
- Robert Elliott House · Rock 8
- Katherine J. Prudhomme-O'Brien House · Rock 6
- Joseph Pitre House · Straf 2
- Jordan G. Ulery House · Hills 37
- Cali-Pitts House · Rock 30
- Debra Altschiller House · Rock 19
- Jeb Bradley Senate · Dist 3
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HB 548 - AS INTRODUCED
2021 SESSION
21-0742
05/04
HOUSE BILL 548
AN ACT relative to the role of a guardian ad litem in cases where domestic violence is suspected or alleged.
ANALYSIS
This bill provides that if domestic violence is suspected or alleged in a parenting case, the guardian ad litem (GAL} shall refer the victim to a local crisis center or domestic violence counselor. The bill also directs the GAL to determine whether law enforcement completed a lethality assessment protocol.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
21-0742
05/04
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty One
AN ACT relative to the role of a guardian ad litem in cases where domestic violence is suspected or alleged.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 New Paragraph; Parental Rights and Responsibilities; Guardians Ad Litem; Domestic Violence Screening. Amend RSA 461-A:16 by inserting after paragraph II the following new paragraph:
II-a. When a guardian ad litem is appointed to a parenting case in which domestic violence is suspected or alleged, the guardian ad litem shall promptly refer the relevant party to a local crisis center or assessment by a domestic violence counselor as defined in RSA 173-C:1 III and, in appropriate cases, comply with mandatory reporting requirements for child abuse under RSA 169-C:29. The guardian ad litem shall also determine whether law enforcement completed a lethality assessment protocol regarding any party to the proceeding.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.