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HB1340: relative to exclusion of incarceration as voluntary unemployment for purposes of calculating child support.
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Sponsors
- David Bickford House ยท Straf 3
Topics
Criminal justice and courts Children and family law
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CHAPTER 73
HB 1340 - FINAL VERSION
2024 SESSION
24-2132
05/08
HOUSE BILL 1340
AN ACT relative to exclusion of incarceration as voluntary unemployment for purposes of calculating child support.
ANALYSIS
This bill provides that incarceration shall not be considered voluntary unemployment for purposes of calculating gross income under the child support guidelines.
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24-2132
05/08
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Four
AN ACT relative to exclusion of incarceration as voluntary unemployment for purposes of calculating child support.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
73:1 Child Support Guidelines; Definition of Gross Income; Incarceration Not Considered Voluntary Unemployment. Amend RSA 458-C:2, IV(a) to read as follows:
(a) The court, in its discretion, may consider as gross income the difference between the amount a parent is earning and the amount a parent has earned in cases where the parent voluntarily becomes unemployed or underemployed, unless the parent is physically or mentally incapacitated; provided that in no case shall incarceration be considered voluntary unemployment.
73:2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect January 1, 2025.
Approved: June 14, 2024
Effective Date: January 01, 2025