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NH Rev Stat § 461-B:8 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XLIII - Domestic Relations|Title 461-B - Emancipation|Section 461-B:8 - Disposition.

    461-B:8 Disposition. –||I. Limited emancipation may be granted only if the court has found:||(a) Limited emancipation is in the minor's best interest;||(b) The minor desires limited emancipation;||(c) The minor has lived separate and apart from his or her parents or legal guardian for 3 months or longer;||(d) The minor has demonstrated the ability to be self-sufficient in his or her financial and personal affairs, including proof of employment or other means of support. "Other means of support" shall not include receipt of Temporary Assistance to Needy Families or municipal general assistance;||(e) The minor has graduated or will continue to diligently pursue graduation from high school or a high school equivalency certificate; and||(f) There exists no public interest compelling denial of limited emancipation.||II. If it is considered necessary by the court, the minor shall participate in periodic counseling with an appropriate advisor of the minor's choosing.||III. An order of limited emancipation shall specifically set forth in writing the rights and responsibilities that are being conferred upon the minor. These may include but are not limited to one or more of the following:||(a) The right to live independently.||(b) The right to live in housing of the minor's choice.||(c) The right to directly receive and expend money to which the minor is entitled and to conduct the minor's own financial affairs.||(d) The right to enter into contractual agreements and incur debts.||(e) The right to consent to medical psychiatric, education, and social services.||(f) The right to obtain a license to operate equipment or perform a service.||(g) The right to enlist in the military.||IV. An order of limited emancipation may include a provision requiring that the youth make periodic reports to the court.||V. An emancipated minor shall not be considered an adult for:||(a) Constitutional and statutory age requirements regarding voting, use and possession of tobacco and alcoholic beverages, possession of firearms, gambling, or other health and safety regulations relevant to the minor because of the minor's age; or||(b) Purposes of the adult criminal laws except cases transferred to the superior court pursuant to RSA 169-B:24.||VI. An emancipated minor with the enumerated right to live independently shall not be considered a minor child pursuant to RSA 173-B.|||Source. 2019, 110:1, eff. Jan. 1, 2020.|
NH Rev Stat § 461-B:9 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XLIII - Domestic Relations|Title 461-B - Emancipation|Section 461-B:9 - Modification of Order.

    461-B:9 Modification of Order. –||I. The court, on its own motion or the motion of any parties to the dispositional hearing, may modify or revoke the emancipation order upon a showing that:||(a) The minor has committed a material violation of the law;||(b) The minor has violated a condition of the limited emancipation order; or||(c) The best interests of the minor are no longer served by the emancipation order.||II. Modification or revocation of a previous order of emancipation shall be effective only prospectively and contractual obligations validly entered into during the period of emancipation shall remain in effect.|||Source. 2019, 110:1, eff. Jan. 1, 2020.|
NH Rev Stat § 461-B:10 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XLIII - Domestic Relations|Title 461-B - Emancipation|Section 461-B:10 - Court Sessions; Access to Information.

    461-B:10 Court Sessions;  Access to Information. –||All hearings shall be held separate from the trial of criminal cases and such hearings shall be held wherever possible in rooms not used for such trials. Only such persons as the parties, their witnesses and counsel and representatives of the agencies present to perform their official duties shall be admitted.|||Source. 2019, 110:1, eff. Jan. 1, 2020.|
NH Rev Stat § 461-B:11 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XLIII - Domestic Relations|Title 461-B - Emancipation|Section 461-B:11 - Court Records.

    461-B:11 Court Records. –||The court records of proceedings under this chapter other than a final order of emancipation shall be kept in books and files separate from all other court records. Such records shall be withheld from public inspection but shall be open to inspection by juvenile probation and parole officers, a parent, a guardian, and the minor's attorney. Additional access to court records may be granted by court order or upon the written consent of the minor.|||Source. 2019, 110:1, eff. Jan. 1, 2020.|
NH Rev Stat § 461-B:12 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XLIII - Domestic Relations|Title 461-B - Emancipation|Section 461-B:12 - Appeals.

    461-B:12 Appeals. –||An appeal under this chapter may be taken to the superior court by the minor, parent, guardian, or custodian, within 30 days of the final dispositional order, but an appeal shall not suspend the order or decision of the court unless the court so orders. The superior court shall hear the matter de novo, and shall give an appeal under this chapter priority on the court calendar.|||Source. 2019, 110:1, eff. Jan. 1, 2020.|
NH Rev Stat § 463:1 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XLIV - Guardians and Conservators|Title 463 - Guardianship of Minors and Estates of Minors|Section 463:1 - Statement of Purpose.

    463:1 Statement of Purpose. –||It is the purpose of this chapter to secure for a minor an environment of stability and security by providing for the appointment of a guardian of the person when such appointment is in the best interests of the minor; and to provide for the appointment of a guardian of the estate for the proper management of the property and financial affairs of the minor. This chapter is designed to provide procedural and substantive safeguards for the rights of parents and their minor children. Implicit in this chapter shall be the recognition that the interests of a minor are generally best promoted in the minor's own home unless the best interests of the minor require substitution or supplementation of parental care and supervision.|||Source. 1995, 222:1, eff. Jan. 1, 1996.|
NH Rev Stat § 463:2 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XLIV - Guardians and Conservators|Title 463 - Guardianship of Minors and Estates of Minors|Section 463:2 - Definitions.

    463:2 Definitions. –||In this chapter:||I. "Authorized agency" means an agency licensed as a child-placing agency pursuant to RSA 170-E.||II. "Court" means the probate court unless otherwise specified.||III. "Department" means the department of health and human services.||IV. "Guardian" means the individual or entity appointed by the court as provided in this chapter and includes joint and successor guardians.||Unless otherwise indicated, the term "guardian" means guardian of the person and of the estate of the minor.||V. "Minor" means a child under 18 years of age who is unmarried and unemancipated.||VI. "Net amount" means the amount of settlement, judgment and related interest and taxable costs, or decree received after the deduction of attorney's fees, court costs, and other expenses related to the claim.||VII. "Parent" means mother, father, or adoptive parent, but such term shall not include a parent as to whom the parent-child relationship has been terminated by judicial decree or voluntary relinquishment.|||Source. 1995, 222:1; 310:175, 181. 2008, 93:1, eff. May 21, 2008.|
NH Rev Stat § 463:3 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XLIV - Guardians and Conservators|Title 463 - Guardianship of Minors and Estates of Minors|Section 463:3 - Parents' Rights.

    463:3 Parents' Rights. –||I. The father and mother of every minor are joint guardians of the person of such minor, and the powers, rights, and duties of the father and mother in regard to such minor shall be equal. Upon the death of either parent, the survivor shall be the sole guardian of the person of the minor.||II. Nothing in this chapter shall prevent the probate court from appointing a guardian of the person or of the estate or both, and the custody of any minor may be awarded to either parent by such court.|||Source. 1995, 222:1, eff. Jan. 1, 1996.|
NH Rev Stat § 463:4 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XLIV - Guardians and Conservators|Title 463 - Guardianship of Minors and Estates of Minors|Section 463:4 - Jurisdiction and Venue.

    463:4 Jurisdiction and Venue. –||I. The probate court shall have exclusive jurisdiction over the appointment of a guardian of the person or of the estate or of both of any minor. The jurisdiction of the court in this chapter shall be subject to the provisions of RSA 458-A.||II. (a) Venue for guardianship proceedings for a minor is in the county where the minor resides, the county where the minor is physically present when the proceedings are commenced, the county in which the authorized agency is providing services to the minor, or the county in which an underlying cause of action arose.||(b) In proceedings to create a guardianship of the estate of a minor containing real property, venue may also be in a county in which the real property, or a portion thereof, of the minor is located.|||Source. 1995, 222:1. 1998, 155:1. 1999, 217:2, eff. Jan. 1, 2000.|
NH Rev Stat § 463:6 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XLIV - Guardians and Conservators|Title 463 - Guardianship of Minors and Estates of Minors|Section 463:6 - Notice.

    463:6 Notice. –||I. After the filing of a petition, the court shall set a date for a hearing, and issue orders of notice in reasonably understandable language. The orders of notice shall be sent by certified mail, return receipt requested, to both parents of the minor and to any person or persons alleged to have had principal care and custody of the minor during the 60 days preceding the filing of the petition, and by first class mail to:||(a) The minor, if 14 years of age or older and not the petitioner.||(b) The person nominated in the petition to be the guardian.||(c) Any person named as a testamentary guardian of the person or of the estate or of both of the minor in the will of a decedent parent.||(d) The department, if the petition identifies any juvenile proceeding affecting the minor.||(e) Any parent or any sibling, aunt, uncle, or adult child of the parents of the minor if both parents are deceased.||(f) The petitioner or petitioners.||II. The orders of notice required by paragraph I shall further specify:||(a) That either parent has a right to object to and contest the guardianship petition.||(b) That either parent has a right to consent to the granting of the guardianship petition, and if such parent consents, he or she shall do so before the court or the court's designee as specified in RSA 463:8, IX.||(c) The nature and purpose of the proceeding and hearing as set forth in RSA 463:8, and that the parent or parents with legal custody are required to attend the hearing whether consenting or objecting to the petition.||III. A written consent to the petition is submission to the jurisdiction of the court.||IV. If the location of the parent or parents is unknown and this fact is sworn to under oath by the petitioner, the court may take whatever steps it deems necessary to ensure due process is satisfied unless, for good cause shown, it determines that process is impracticable or would serve no purpose, in which case notice may be waived.||V. The cost of orders of notice sent by certified mail, return receipt requested, shall be paid by the petitioner.|||Source. 1995, 222:1; 310:175. 1997, 100:2. 2004, 11:2. 2005, 160:2. 2011, 177:1, eff. Aug. 13, 2011.|
NH Rev Stat § 463:9 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XLIV - Guardians and Conservators|Title 463 - Guardianship of Minors and Estates of Minors|Section 463:9 - Confidentiality of Proceedings.

    463:9 Confidentiality of Proceedings. –||I. Proceedings to determine whether a guardian should be appointed for the proposed minor, and any subsequent proceedings relating to the personal history or circumstances of the minor and the minor's family, shall be held in a closed court. Only the parties, their witnesses, counsel, and representatives of the agencies present to perform their official duties and such other persons as the court may deem appropriate shall be admitted.||II. Records, reports, and evidence submitted to the court or recorded by the court shall be confidential insofar as they relate to the personal history or circumstances of the minor and the minor's family. For cause shown, the court may authorize disclosure under such terms and conditions as the court may deem appropriate.||III. All case records, as defined in RSA 170-G:8-a, relating to the personal history or circumstances of the minor and the minor's family, shall be confidential and access shall be provided pursuant to RSA 170-G:8-a.|||Source. 1995, 222:1, eff. Jan. 1, 1996.|
NH Rev Stat § 463:10 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XLIV - Guardians and Conservators|Title 463 - Guardianship of Minors and Estates of Minors|Section 463:10 - Who May be Appointed Guardian.

    463:10 Who May be Appointed Guardian. –||I. The court may appoint as guardian of the person of the minor any person or authorized agency whose appointment is appropriate.||II. The court may appoint as guardian of the estate any person or entity whose appointment is appropriate.||III. Co-guardians may be appointed when in the best interest of the minor. Co-guardians shall share jointly and equally the authority granted, except as otherwise ordered by the court.||IV. No person, authorized agency, or entity shall be appointed guardian of the person or of the estate or of both unless the person, authorized agency, or entity receives written notice of the proceedings and consents in writing to the appointment.||V. If a parent's substance abuse or dependence is the basis for the guardianship petition, the court shall give a preference to any grandparent of the minor who seeks appointment as guardian of the person or the estate, or both, for the minor.|||Source. 1995, 222:1. 2017, 53:3, eff. Jan. 1, 2018.|
NH Rev Stat § 463:11 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XLIV - Guardians and Conservators|Title 463 - Guardianship of Minors and Estates of Minors|Section 463:11 - Letters of Guardianship and Other Orders.

    463:11 Letters of Guardianship and Other Orders. –||I. Letters of guardianship shall issue to the guardian and shall contain:||(a) The name, address, and telephone number of the guardian of the person and estate, or of the person or of the estate;||(b) The name, address, and telephone number of the minor;||(c) The nature and scope of the guardianship, whether over the person and estate, or the person, or the estate;||(d) Limitations imposed by the court on the guardian; and||(e) Whether the guardianship is part of the permanent plan for a child previously under the custody of the department pursuant to the Adoption and Safe Families Act of 1997, Public Law 105-89.||II. At the time of the issuance of the letters of guardianship the court may issue such other orders as may be requested or required.|||Source. 1995, 222:1. 2004, 11:6, eff. Jan. 1, 2005.|
NH Rev Stat § 463:12-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XLIV - Guardians and Conservators|Title 463 - Guardianship of Minors and Estates of Minors|Section 463:12-a - Guardianship of Minors in Foster Care and Consent for Medical Treatment.

    463:12-a Guardianship of Minors in Foster Care and Consent for Medical Treatment. –||For any guardianship granted to the department of health and human services for a minor in foster care, or for any minor in the legal custody of the department receiving foster care services, the department's authority to consent to medical treatment for the minor may be established by, but not limited to, any of the following:||I. A duly executed "Authorization for Medical Treatment" signed by the minor's parent or guardian;||II. For the provision of ordinary medical care, including behavioral, mental health, or developmental health services, a copy of that portion of the court order transferring legal custody of the minor to the department under RSA 169-C; or||III. A copy of the letter of guardianship issued to the department that authorizes the department to consent to medical or other treatment of the minor.|||Source. 2018, 337:10, eff. July 1, 2018.|
NH Rev Stat § 463:13 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XLIV - Guardians and Conservators|Title 463 - Guardianship of Minors and Estates of Minors|Section 463:13 - Order for Support for the Benefit of a Minor Under Guardianship and Visitation.

    463:13 Order for Support for the Benefit of a Minor Under Guardianship and Visitation. –||I. The appointment of a guardian over the person or over the estate of a minor shall not relieve the minor's parents or any other persons liable for the support of the minor from their obligation to provide for such support. The court, at the time of such appointment, or at any time thereafter, may order and require such parent, parents, or other persons to contribute to the support and maintenance of the minor in such amounts and at such times as the court determines to be just and reasonable.||II. The court may from time to time, upon application of the guardian or any other party interested, and notice to the party having the duty to provide support, revise, or alter such order, or to make such new order or decree as the circumstances of the party or parties having the duty to support and maintain or the benefit of the minor may require.||III. The court may award reasonable visitation rights to the parent or parents. The presumption shall be in favor of liberal visitation rights absent a showing of harm to the minor. If a party wishes to have any pre-existing court visitation orders incorporated into the guardianship order, that party has the burden of providing said visitation orders to the court for its consideration. The court shall incorporate such visitation orders in its order, unless there has been a change in circumstances that warrants different visitation arrangements. In guardianships granted as part of the permanency plan for a child previously in the department's custody pursuant to the Adoption and Safe Families Act of 1997, Public Law 105-89, the court may give the guardian discretion to determine visitation.|||Source. 1995, 222:1. 2004, 11:7, 8, eff. Jan. 1, 2005.|
NH Rev Stat § 463:14 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XLIV - Guardians and Conservators|Title 463 - Guardianship of Minors and Estates of Minors|Section 463:14 - Resignation or Removal of Guardian.

    463:14 Resignation or Removal of Guardian. –||I. Any person appointed as guardian over the person or of an estate or both shall serve until resignation accepted by the court, removal by the court for cause, death of the guardian, or termination of the guardianship pursuant to this section.||II. A guardian desiring to resign shall request court approval of such resignation in writing.||III. Resignation of a guardian is not effective until accepted by the court and until a successor guardian is appointed or the guardianship is terminated.||IV. Any person interested in the welfare of the minor may petition for the removal of the guardian of the person or of the estate or of both for cause.||V. The resignation, removal, or death of the guardian shall not terminate the guardianship unless expressly so ordered by the court. If the guardianship is not terminated by order of the court, the court shall appoint a successor guardian.||VI. The resignation accepted by the court, removal, death of the guardian, or termination of the guardianship shall terminate the authority of the guardian, but shall not release the guardian from responsibility for any act or omission occurring during the period of the guardian's appointment.||VII. Any resignation or removal may be conditioned on such requirements or occurrences as the court may specify in the exercise of its reasonable discretion. The court may make such further orders as may be appropriate, including the requiring of the filing of a report on the general welfare of the minor, including but not limited to the residence, mental and physical health, and education of the minor.|||Source. 1995, 222:1, eff. Jan. 1, 1996.|
NH Rev Stat § 463:16 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XLIV - Guardians and Conservators|Title 463 - Guardianship of Minors and Estates of Minors|Section 463:16 - Modification of Guardianship.

    463:16 Modification of Guardianship. –||The court may from time to time, upon application of any person interested in the welfare of the minor, and notice to all parties, revise or alter any prior orders or make such new order or decree relative to the guardianship of the person or of the estate or both as the best interests of the minor or the prudent management of the estate may require.|||Source. 1995, 222:1, eff. Jan. 1, 1996.|
NH Rev Stat § 463:17 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XLIV - Guardians and Conservators|Title 463 - Guardianship of Minors and Estates of Minors|Section 463:17 - Periodic Court Review.

    463:17 Periodic Court Review. –||The status of all minors for whom guardianship or co-guardianship has been granted shall be reviewed by the court at 6, 12, and 24 months and annually thereafter, except that the court may waive (1) any or all reviews in cases in which a parent or the parents are co-guardians and (2) any or all reviews in all other cases after the 24-month review upon good cause shown. The guardian shall file a report with the court on or before each review date. The parent may file a statement or report with the court on or before each review date. The court may also, as part of the review, conduct a hearing on its own motion, or upon the request of a parent or guardian who seeks to substantially change the existing orders upon a showing by the parent that he or she has a reasonable likelihood of prevailing, if allowed a hearing. If termination of the guardianship is sought as part of the review proceeding, the burdens and standards of proof set forth in RSA 463:15 shall apply. Failure of any party to appear at any hearing held under this section without good cause, shall not cause the hearing to be continued.|||Source. 1995, 222:1; 310:175. 2004, 11:9, eff. Jan. 1, 2005.|
NH Rev Stat § 463:18 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XLIV - Guardians and Conservators|Title 463 - Guardianship of Minors and Estates of Minors|Section 463:18 - Consent to Service.

    463:18 Consent to Service. –||By accepting appointment as guardian, a guardian submits personally to the jurisdiction of the court in any proceeding relating to the guardianship that may be instituted by any interested person.|||Source. 1995, 222:1, eff. Jan. 1, 1996.|