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HB1303: relative to causes for absolute divorce.
Bill details
Version history, amendments, and roll-call votes were not present in the imported local bill data.
Sponsors
- Debra L DeSimone House · Rock 14
- John Michael Potucek House · Rock 6
Topics
Criminal justice and courts Children and family law
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CHAPTER 114
HB 1303 - FINAL VERSION
2022 SESSION
22-2647
07/10
HOUSE BILL 1303
AN ACT relative to causes for absolute divorce.
ANALYSIS
This bill revises the grounds for absolute divorce in the case of habitual drunkenness to include drug abuse.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
22-2647
07/10
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Two
AN ACT relative to causes for absolute divorce.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
114:1 Annulment, Divorce and Separation; Absolute Divorce, Generally; Drug and Alcohol Abuse. RSA 458:7, VII is repealed and reenacted to read as follows:
VII. When either party habitually abuses alcohol or drugs and has been doing so for 2 or more years together.
114:2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect January 1, 2023.
Approved: May 27, 2022
Effective Date: January 01, 2023