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HB85: relative to antenuptial agreements.

Bill status: Signed by Governor

Citation
2023 HB85
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House status
Passed/Adopted
Senate status
Passed/Adopted
Committee
Senate Judiciary
Hearing
03/21/2023 at 01:15 PM
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CHAPTER 4

HB 85 - FINAL VERSION

2023 SESSION

23-0165

06/05

HOUSE BILL 85

AN ACT relative to antenuptial agreements.

SPONSORS: Rep. DeSimone, Rock. 18; Rep. Layon, Rock. 13; Rep. Potucek, Rock. 13; Rep. Roy, Rock. 31; Rep. Berry, Hills. 39; Rep. B. Boyd, Hills. 12

COMMITTEE: Children and Family Law

ANALYSIS

This bill revises RSA 460:2-a, relative to antenuptial agreements, to use gender neutral language.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

23-0165

06/05

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Three

AN ACT relative to antenuptial agreements.

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

4:1 Antenuptial Agreements. Amend RSA 460:2-a to read as follows:

460:2-a Antenuptial Agreements. [A man and woman] Two people in contemplation of marriage may enter into a written interspousal contract and the courts of this state shall give the same effect to such contracts entered in other jurisdictions as would the courts of that other jurisdiction. However, no contract otherwise enforceable under this section may contain any term which attempts to abrogate the statutory or common law rights of minor children of the contemplated marriage.

4:2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.

Approved: April 26, 2023

Effective Date: June 25, 2023