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NH Rev Stat § 464-C:20 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XLIV - Guardians and Conservators|Title 464-C - Uniform Adult Guardianship and Protective Proceedings Jurisdiction Act|Section 464-C:20 - Effect of Registration.

    464-C:20 Effect of Registration. –||I. Upon registration of a guardianship or protective order from another state, the guardian or conservator may exercise in this state all powers authorized in the order of appointment except as prohibited under the laws of this state, including maintaining actions and proceedings in this state and, if the guardian or conservator is not a resident of this state, subject to any conditions imposed upon nonresident parties.||II. Upon registration of a protective order from another state, the court may require the conservator to post an adequate surety bond to insure the faithful performance of his or her duties. The conservator shall account to the court for the proceeds from the sale of any of the protected person's estate situated in this state. A certified copy of the approved account shall be filed with the court in this state prior to discharge of the conservator unless the court of this state authorizes the filing of an affidavit, in lieu of the account, stating that the assets of the protected person situated in this state have been transferred to the estate of the protected person pending in the court of the other state.||III. A court of this state may grant any relief available under this chapter and other law of this state to enforce a registered order.|||Source. 2015, 79:1, eff. Jan. 1, 2016.|
NH Rev Stat § 464-C:21 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XLIV - Guardians and Conservators|Title 464-C - Uniform Adult Guardianship and Protective Proceedings Jurisdiction Act|Section 464-C:21 - Uniformity of Application and Construction.

    464-C:21 Uniformity of Application and Construction. –||In applying and construing this uniform act, consideration shall be given to the need to promote uniformity of the law with respect to its subject matter among states that enact it.|||Source. 2015, 79:1, eff. Jan. 1, 2016.|
NH Rev Stat § 464-C:22 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XLIV - Guardians and Conservators|Title 464-C - Uniform Adult Guardianship and Protective Proceedings Jurisdiction Act|Section 464-C:22 - Relation to Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act.

    464-C:22 Relation to Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act. –||This chapter modifies, limits, and supersedes the federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, 15 U.S.C. section 7001, et seq., but does not modify, limit, or supersede section 101(c) of that Act, 15 U.S.C. section 7001(c), or authorize electronic delivery of any of the notices described in section 103(b) of that act, 15 U.S.C. section 7003(b).|||Source. 2015, 79:1, eff. Jan. 1, 2016.|
NH Rev Stat § 464-C:23 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XLIV - Guardians and Conservators|Title 464-C - Uniform Adult Guardianship and Protective Proceedings Jurisdiction Act|Section 464-C:23 - Transitional Provisions.

    464-C:23 Transitional Provisions. –||I. This chapter applies to guardianship and protective proceedings begun on or after January 1, 2016.||II. Articles 1, 3, and 4 and RSA 464-C:21 and RSA 464-C:22 apply to proceedings begun before January 1, 2016, regardless of whether a guardianship or protective order has been issued.|||Source. 2015, 79:1, eff. Jan. 1, 2016.|
NH Rev Stat § 464-D:1 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XLIV - Guardians and Conservators|Title 464-D - Supported Decision-Making|Section 464-D:1 - Purpose.

    464-D:1 Purpose. –||It is the purpose of this chapter to establish and recognize a less restrictive alternative to guardianship for adults with disabilities. It fulfills this purpose by authorizing a legal option for adults with disabilities who seek assistance in making life decisions but choose to retain all of their legal rights. The chapter gives legal status to supporters of such adults and to decisions made pursuant to supported decision-making.|||Source. 2021, 206:2, Pt. VI, Sec. 15, eff. Oct. 9, 2021.|
NH Rev Stat § 464-D:2 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XLIV - Guardians and Conservators|Title 464-D - Supported Decision-Making|Section 464-D:2 - Construction and Administration.

    464-D:2 Construction and Administration. –||This chapter is to be administered and interpreted in accordance with the following principles:||I. All adults should be able to choose to live in the manner they wish and to accept or refuse support, assistance, or protection;||II. All adults should be able to be informed about and participate in the management of their affairs; and||III. The values, beliefs, wishes, cultural norms, and traditions that adults hold should be respected in supporting adults in the management of their affairs.|||Source. 2021, 206:2, Pt. VI, Sec. 15, eff. Oct. 9, 2021.|
NH Rev Stat § 464-D:3 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XLIV - Guardians and Conservators|Title 464-D - Supported Decision-Making|Section 464-D:3 - Presumption of Capacity.

    464-D:3 Presumption of Capacity. –||I. All adults are presumed to be capable of managing their affairs and to have legal capacity.||II. The manner in which an adult communicates with others is not grounds for a determination that the adult is incapable of managing the adult's affairs.||III. Execution of a supported decision-making agreement may not be used as evidence of incapacity in any proceeding.||IV. The execution of a supported decision-making agreement does not preclude the adult who has entered into such an agreement from acting independently of the agreement.|||Source. 2021, 206:2, Pt. VI, Sec. 15, eff. Oct. 9, 2021.|
NH Rev Stat § 464-D:4 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XLIV - Guardians and Conservators|Title 464-D - Supported Decision-Making|Section 464-D:4 - Definitions.

    464-D:4 Definitions. –||I. "Adult" means an individual who is 18 years of age or older.||II. "Disability" means a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more major life activities of a person.||III. "Immediate family member" means a spouse, child, sibling, parent, grandparent, grandchild, stepparent, stepchild, or stepsibling.||IV. "Person" means an adult; health-care institution; health-care provider; corporation; partnership; limited liability company; association; joint venture; government; governmental subdivision, agency, or instrumentality; public corporation; or any other legal or commercial entity||V. "Principal" means an adult who enters into a supported decision-making agreement under this chapter to receive decision-making assistance.||VI. "Supported decision-making" means a process of supporting and accommodating an adult with a disability to enable the adult to make life decisions, including, without limitation, decisions related to where the adult wants to live, the services, supports, and medical care the adult wants to receive, whom the adult wants to live with, education, and where the adult wants to work, without impeding the self-determination of the adult.||VII. "Supporter" means an adult who enters into an agreement with an adult with a disability to provide supported decision-making.||VIII. "Support services" means a system of social and other services supplied by private, state, institutional, or community providers designed to help maintain the independence of an adult, including any of the following:||(a) Homemaker-type services, including house repair, home cleaning, laundry, shopping, and the provision of meals.||(b) Companion-type services, including transportation, escort, and facilitation of written, oral, and electronic communication.||(c) Visiting nurse and attendant care.||(d) The provision of health care.||(e) Physical and psychosocial assessments.||(f) Legal assessments and advice.||(g) Education and educational assessment and advice.||(h) Personal treatment or care, including assistance with activities of daily living such as bathing, dressing, eating, range of motion, toileting, transferring, and ambulation.||(i) Care planning.||(j) Other services needed to maintain the independence of an adult.|||Source. 2021, 206:2, Pt. VI, Sec. 15, eff. Oct. 9, 2021.|
NH Rev Stat § 464-D:5 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XLIV - Guardians and Conservators|Title 464-D - Supported Decision-Making|Section 464-D:5 - Subject Matter of Agreement.

    464-D:5 Subject Matter of Agreement. –||A principal may identify any type of decision to be the subject of an agreement under this chapter. Such matters may include, but are not limited to:||I. Physical and mental health care.||II. Managing and using income and assets.||III. Support services.||IV. Employment.||V. Food and shelter.||VI. Assistance with public benefits.||VII. Education.|||Source. 2021, 206:2, Pt. VI, Sec. 15, eff. Oct. 9, 2021.|
NH Rev Stat § 464-D:6 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XLIV - Guardians and Conservators|Title 464-D - Supported Decision-Making|Section 464-D:6 - Limitations of Agreement.

    464-D:6 Limitations of Agreement. –||I. An agreement under this chapter may coexist with, but not conflict with, a guardianship or other court order.||II. An agreement under this chapter may be for a definite term. In the absence of a provision setting a definite term of the agreement, the agreement shall remain in effect until terminated pursuant to RSA 464-D:16.|||Source. 2021, 206:2, Pt. VI, Sec. 15, eff. Oct. 9, 2021.|
NH Rev Stat § 464-D:7 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XLIV - Guardians and Conservators|Title 464-D - Supported Decision-Making|Section 464-D:7 - Form and Content of Valid Agreement.

    464-D:7 Form and Content of Valid Agreement. –||I. In order to be valid under this chapter, a supported decision-making agreement shall include all of the following:||(a) Designation of at least one supporter.||(b) A description of the types of decisions for which the supporter is authorized to assist.||(c) A description of the types of decisions, if any, for which the supporter may not assist.||II. A supported decision-making agreement may include any of the following:||(a) Designation of more than one supporter.||(b) Provision for an alternate supporter to act in place of a supporter in circumstances specified in the agreement.||(c) Authorization for a supporter to share information with any other person, including another supporter.||III. A supported decision-making agreement is only valid if all of the following occur:||(a) The agreement is in a writing that contains the elements of the form contained in RSA 464-D:16.||(b) [Omitted.]||(c) The agreement is dated.||(d) The agreement is signed in the presence of 2 adult witnesses, or before a notary public, justice of the peace, or commissioner of deeds.||(e) Each party to the agreement has signed the agreement voluntarily and with an understanding of the nature and effect of the agreement.||IV. The 2 adult witnesses required by subparagraph III(d) may not be any of the following:||(a) A supporter named in the agreement.||(b) An employee or agent of a supporter named in the agreement.||(c) A paid provider of services to the principal, unless the person is an immediate family member.||(d) Any person who does not understand the type of communication the principal uses, unless an individual who understands the principal's means of communication is present to assist during the execution of the supported decision-making agreement.||V. A supported decision-making agreement shall contain a separate declaration signed by each supporter named in the agreement indicating all of the following:||(a) The supporter's relationship to the principal.||(b) The supporter's willingness to act as a supporter.||(c) The supporter's acknowledgment of the role of a supporter under this chapter.|||Source. 2021, 206:2, Pt. VI, Sec. 15, eff. Oct. 9, 2021.|
NH Rev Stat § 464-D:8 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XLIV - Guardians and Conservators|Title 464-D - Supported Decision-Making|Section 464-D:8 - Termination of Agreement.

    464-D:8 Termination of Agreement. –||I. A principal may terminate a supported decision-making agreement at any time. Such termination may be accomplished by any of the following actions by the principal:||(a) Providing written notice to all of the supporters named in the agreement.||(b) Verbally expressing the intent to terminate the agreement in the presence of 2 adult witnesses.||II. A supporter may withdraw from a supported decision-making agreement by providing written notice to the principal. If the principal does not use a written form of communication, actual notice of the supporter's withdrawal shall be provided using the type of communication used by the principal. When a supporter withdraws from a supported decision-making agreement and there is no remaining supporter, the agreement is automatically terminated.||III. A supported decision-making agreement is automatically terminated upon the death of the principal.||IV. Subject to paragraph V, a supported decision-making agreement is automatically terminated if any of the following events occur:||(a) There is a finding by a court or a state or federal agency that the principal has been abused, neglected, or exploited by a supporter named in the agreement.||(b) There is a criminal conviction of a supporter for any of the following offenses under New Hampshire law or their equivalent in another jurisdiction:||(1) Any offense or attempted offense under RSA 630 (homicide).||(2) Any felony offense or attempted felony offense under RSA 631 (assault and related offenses).||(3) Any offense or attempted offense under RSA 632-A (sexual assault and related offenses).||(4) Any offense or attempted offense under RSA 636 (robbery).||(5) Any offense or attempted offense under RSA 637 (theft).||(6) Any offense or attempted offense under RSA 638 (fraud).||(7) Any offense or attempted offense under RSA 641 (falsification in official matters).||V. When a supporter is the subject of a criminal conviction or a finding of misconduct under paragraph IV, and there is one or more other supporters named in the agreement who are not the subjects of convictions or findings of misconduct under that paragraph, the agreement does not automatically terminate; however, any supporter who is the subject of a criminal conviction or a finding of misconduct under paragraph IV is disqualified from further actions as a supporter under the agreement.|||Source. 2021, 206:2, Pt. VI, Sec. 15, eff. Oct. 9, 2021.|
NH Rev Stat § 464-D:9 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XLIV - Guardians and Conservators|Title 464-D - Supported Decision-Making|Section 464-D:9 - Duties of Supporters.

    464-D:9 Duties of Supporters. –||A supporter is in a fiduciary relationship with the principal and is subject to the following requirements:||I. To act loyally, without self-interest, and in good faith.||II. To act within the authority granted in the agreement and by this chapter.||III. To avoid conflicts of interest.||IV. To disclose to the principal all facts known to the supporter relevant to making a decision.||V. To act with the care, competence, and diligence ordinarily exercised by individuals in similar circumstances, with due regard either to the possession of, or lack of, special skills or expertise.||VI. To provide sufficient information to a monitor for financial matters designated pursuant to RSA 464-D:13 to allow the monitor to fulfill his or her responsibilities pursuant to this chapter.|||Source. 2021, 206:2, Pt. VI, Sec. 15, eff. Oct. 9, 2021.|
NH Rev Stat § 464-D:10 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XLIV - Guardians and Conservators|Title 464-D - Supported Decision-Making|Section 464-D:10 - Authority of Supporters.

    464-D:10 Authority of Supporters. –||I. A supporter may only exercise the authority granted to the supporter in the agreement.||II. A supporter is not a surrogate decision maker for the principal and is not authorized to sign legal or other documents on behalf of the principal or to bind the principal to a legal agreement.||III. A supporter may only access protected information if expressly authorized to do so by the principal in the agreement or other written document.||IV. A supporter may not do any of the following:||(a) Exert undue influence upon or make decisions on behalf of the principal.||(b) Obtain, without consent of the principal, information that is not reasonably related to matters with which the supporter is authorized to assist under the supported decision-making agreement.||(c) Use or disclose information, without the principal's consent, for a purpose other than assisting the principal to make decisions under the supported decision-making agreement.|||Source. 2021, 206:2, Pt. VI, Sec. 15, eff. Oct. 9, 2021.|
NH Rev Stat § 464-D:11 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XLIV - Guardians and Conservators|Title 464-D - Supported Decision-Making|Section 464-D:11 - Recognition of Supporters.

    464-D:11 Recognition of Supporters. –||A decision or request made or communicated with the assistance of a supporter in conformity with this chapter shall be recognized for the purposes of any provision of law as the decision or request of the principal and may be enforced in law or equity on the same basis as a decision or request of the principal.|||Source. 2021, 206:2, Pt. VI, Sec. 15, eff. Oct. 9, 2021.|
NH Rev Stat § 464-D:12 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XLIV - Guardians and Conservators|Title 464-D - Supported Decision-Making|Section 464-D:12 - Persons Ineligible to be Supporters.

    464-D:12 Persons Ineligible to be Supporters. –||Any of the following are prohibited from acting as supporters.||I. A person who is an employer or employee of the principal, unless the person is an immediate family member of the principal.||II. A person providing paid support services, unless the person is an immediate family member of the principal.||III. A person against whom the principal has obtained an order of protection from abuse or a person who is the subject of a civil or criminal order prohibiting contact with the principal.||IV. A person who has been convicted of any of the following New Hampshire offenses or their equivalent in another jurisdiction, if the offense has not been annulled:||(a) Any offense or attempted offense under RSA 630 (homicide).||(b) Any felony offense or attempted felony offense under RSA 631 (assault and related offenses).||(c) Any offense or attempted offense under RSA 632-A (sexual assault and related offenses).||(d) Any offense or attempted offense under RSA 636 (robbery).||(e) Any felony offense or attempted felony offense under RSA 637 (theft).||(f) Any offense or attempted offense under RSA 638 (fraud).||(g) Any offense or attempted offense under RSA 641 (falsification in official matters).|||Source. 2021, 206:2, Pt. VI, Sec. 15, eff. Oct. 9, 2021.|
NH Rev Stat § 464-D:13 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XLIV - Guardians and Conservators|Title 464-D - Supported Decision-Making|Section 464-D:13 - Monitors for Financial Matters.

    464-D:13 Monitors for Financial Matters. –||I. If a supporter is authorized in a supported decision-making agreement to assist a principal with his or her financial affairs, a principal may designate a monitor.||II. A monitor designated under this section shall ensure that the supporter is complying with RSA 464-D:9 and 464-D:10.|||Source. 2021, 206:2, Pt. VI, Sec. 15, eff. Oct. 9, 2021.|
NH Rev Stat § 464-D:14 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XLIV - Guardians and Conservators|Title 464-D - Supported Decision-Making|Section 464-D:14 - Reporting of Abuse and Neglect.

    464-D:14 Reporting of Abuse and Neglect. –||I. If a person who receives a copy of a supported decision-making agreement or is aware of the existence of a supported decision-making agreement has cause to believe that the principal has been abused, neglected, or financially exploited by the supporter, the person shall promptly report the alleged abuse, neglect, or exploitation to the commissioner of health and human services or the commissioner's authorized representative in accordance with RSA 161-F.||II. Nothing in this section shall be construed as eliminating or limiting a person's requirement to report under any other statute or regulation.|||Source. 2021, 206:2, Pt. VI, Sec. 15, eff. Oct. 9, 2021.|
NH Rev Stat § 464-D:15 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XLIV - Guardians and Conservators|Title 464-D - Supported Decision-Making|Section 464-D:15 - Access to Information.

    464-D:15 Access to Information. –||I. A supporter may assist the principal with obtaining any information to which the principal is entitled, including, with a dated specific consent executed by the principal, protected health information under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, Public Law 104-191, educational records under the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974, 20 U.S.C. section 1232g, or information related to a substance use disorder protected by 42 U.S.C. section 290dd-2 and 42 C.F.R. Part 2.||II. The supporter shall ensure all information collected on behalf of the principal under this section is kept privileged and confidential, as applicable; is not subject to unauthorized access, use, or disclosure; and is properly disposed of when appropriate.|||Source. 2021, 206:2, Pt. VI, Sec. 15, eff. Oct. 9, 2021.|
NH Rev Stat § 465:1 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XLIV - Guardians and Conservators|Title 465 - Guardianship of Incompetent Veterans, Etc.|Section 465:1 - Definitions.

This chapter was modeled after the original 1928 version of The Uniform Veterans' Guardianship Act (1928) which was withdrawn from recommendation for enactment by the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws in 1942 due to it being superseded by the revised Uniform Veterans' Guardianship Act of 1942. New Hampshire has not adopted the 1942 revision of The Uniform Veterans' Guardianship Act.|    465:1 Definitions. –||As used in this chapter the term "person" includes a partnership, corporation, or an association. The term "Department of Veterans Affairs" means the United States Department of Veterans Affairs or its successor. The terms "estate" and "income" shall include only moneys received by the guardian from the Department of Veterans Affairs and all earnings, interest, and profits derived therefrom. The term "benefits" shall mean all moneys payable by the United States through the Department of Veterans Affairs. The term "secretary" means the secretary of the United States Department of Veterans Affairs or his successor. The term "ward" means a beneficiary of the Department of Veterans Affairs. The term "guardian" as used herein shall mean any person acting as a fiduciary for a ward.|||Source. 1929, 171:1. RL 344:1.|
NH Rev Stat § 465:2 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XLIV - Guardians and Conservators|Title 465 - Guardianship of Incompetent Veterans, Etc.|Section 465:2 - Appointment of Guardian.

    465:2 Appointment of Guardian. –||Whenever, pursuant to any law of the United States or regulation of the Department of Veterans Affairs, the secretary requires, prior to payment of benefits, that a guardian be appointed for a ward, such appointment may be made in the manner hereinafter provided.|||Source. 1929, 171:2. RL 344:2.|