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RSA 458-C:4 · Application of Guidelines

Title
XLIII: DOMESTIC RELATIONS
Chapter
458-C · CHILD SUPPORT GUIDELINES
Status
current
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458-C:4 Application of Guidelines. –

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I.

Subject to the provisions of RSA 458-C:5, guidelines provided under this chapter shall be applied in all child support cases, including temporary orders, and in any order modifying a support order.

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II.

There shall be a rebuttable presumption in any proceeding for the award of child support that the amount of the award which would result from the application of guidelines provided under this chapter is the correct amount of child support. A written finding or a specific finding by the presiding officer on the record that the application of the guidelines would be unjust or inappropriate in a particular case, as determined by using the criteria set forth in RSA 458-C:5, shall be sufficient to rebut the presumption in such case.

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III.

[Repealed.]

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IV.

When arrangements for child support are delineated in an agreement between the parties, and not made according to guidelines provided under this chapter, the presiding officer shall determine whether the application of the guidelines would be inappropriate or unjust in such particular case, using the criteria set forth in RSA 458-C:5, and in certifying the agreement shall enter a written finding or a specific finding on the record that the application of the guidelines would be inappropriate or unjust and state the facts supporting such finding. Source. 1988, 253:1. 1989, 406:4, 5. 2006, 185:8, eff. May 26, 2006.

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Source note

Source. 1988, 253:1. 1989, 406:4, 5. 2006, 185:8, eff. May 26, 2006.

Source history

  • 1988, 253:1
  • 1989, 406:4, 5
  • 2006, 185:8, eff. May 26, 2006

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