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2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LV - Proceedings in Special Cases › Chapter 544-C - Civil Damages for Willful Concealment › Section 544-C:1 - Recovery of Civil Damages for Willful Concealment.

544-C:1 Recovery of Civil Damages for Willful Concealment. –
I. For purposes of this chapter, "willful concealment" shall mean willful concealment as defined in RSA 637:3-a.
II. A person who willfully conceals shall be liable for civil damages to the merchant up to $400 plus the merchandise or the value of the merchandise if it has been damaged or rendered unrecoverable.
III. A merchant may recover civil damages for willful concealment by bringing suit in a district court or by executing a settlement agreement in the form set out in paragraph IV of this section.
IV. A merchant and a person accused of willful concealment by such merchant may agree to execute a civil settlement agreement for up to $400 in civil damages, plus the return of the merchandise or the replacement value of the merchandise within 60 days of the date the agreement is signed. The form of the settlement agreement shall be as follows:
Settlement of Claim for Taking Merchandise Without Payment
The undersigned, __________ , having failed to pay for certain merchandise, more specifically described as follows __________ , hereby agrees to pay, within 60 days of the date this agreement is signed, civil damages up to $400, plus the merchandise or the replacement value of the merchandise. The parties agree that this payment shall constitute full and complete payment of damages to the following establishment __________ . The following establishment __________ agrees to waive any and all claims it may have for civil damages.
Nothing in this agreement shall constitute an admission of guilt for purposes of criminal law. If this agreement is signed and payment is made in full within 60 days, no police report or criminal complaint will be filed by the merchant relative to this incident. However, nothing in this agreement can or will bar the state of New Hampshire from instituting such criminal prosecutions as it deems necessary.
Party #1
Party #2 for the following establishment:
Source.
1992, 106:2. 2006, 84:1, eff. July 4, 2006. 2009, 209:7, eff. Jan. 1, 2010.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LV - Proceedings in Special Cases › Chapter 545-A - Uniform Fraudulent Transfer Act › Section 545-A:2 - Insolvency.

545-A:2 Insolvency. –
I. A debtor is insolvent if the sum of the debtor's debts is greater than all of the debtor's assets at a fair valuation.
II. A debtor who is generally not paying his debts as they become due is presumed to be insolvent.
III. A partnership is insolvent under paragraph I if the sum of the partnership's debts is greater than the aggregate, at a fair valuation, of all of the partnership's assets and the sum of the excess of the value of each general partner's nonpartnership assets over the partner's nonpartnership debts.
IV. Assets under this section do not include property that has been transferred, concealed, or removed with intent to hinder, delay, or defraud creditors or that has been transferred in a manner making the transfer voidable under this chapter.
V. Debts under this section do not include an obligation to the extent it is secured by a valid lien on property of the debtor not included as an asset.
Source.
1987, 215:1, eff. Jan. 1, 1988.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LV - Proceedings in Special Cases › Chapter 545-A - Uniform Fraudulent Transfer Act › Section 545-A:3 - Value.

545-A:3 Value. –
I. Value is given for a transfer or an obligation if, in exchange for the transfer or obligation, property is transferred or an antecedent debt is secured or satisfied, but value does not include an unperformed promise made otherwise than in the ordinary course of the promisor's business to furnish support to the debtor or another person.
II. For the purposes of RSA 545-A:4, I(b) and RSA 545-A:5, a person gives a reasonably equivalent value if the person acquires an interest of the debtor in an asset pursuant to a regularly conducted, noncollusive foreclosure sale or execution of a power of sale for the acquisition or disposition of the interest of the debtor upon default under a mortgage, deed of trust, or security agreement.
III. A transfer is made for present value if the exchange between the debtor and the transferee is intended by them to be contemporaneous and is in fact substantially contemporaneous.
Source.
1987, 215:1, eff. Jan. 1, 1988.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LV - Proceedings in Special Cases › Chapter 545-A - Uniform Fraudulent Transfer Act › Section 545-A:4 - Transfers Fraudulent as to Present and Future Creditors.

545-A:4 Transfers Fraudulent as to Present and Future Creditors. –
I. A transfer made or obligation incurred by a debtor is fraudulent as to a creditor, whether the creditor's claim arose before or after the transfer was made or the obligation was incurred, if the debtor made the transfer or incurred the obligation:
(a) With actual intent to hinder, delay, or defraud any creditor of the debtor; or
(b) Without receiving a reasonably equivalent value in exchange for the transfer or obligation, and the debtor:
(1) Was engaged or was about to engage in a business or a transaction for which the remaining assets of the debtor were unreasonably small in relation to the business or transaction; or
(2) Intended to incur, or believed or reasonably should have believed that he would incur, debts beyond his ability to pay as they became due.
II. In determining actual intent under subparagraph I(a), consideration may be given, among other factors, to whether:
(a) The transfer or obligation was to an insider;
(b) The debtor retained possession or control of the property transferred after the transfer;
(c) The transfer or obligation was disclosed or concealed;
(d) Before the transfer was made or obligation was incurred, the debtor had been sued or threatened with suit;
(e) The transfer was of substantially all the debtor's assets;
(f) The debtor absconded;
(g) The debtor removed or concealed assets;
(h) The value of the consideration received by the debtor was reasonably equivalent to the value of the asset transferred or the amount of the obligation incurred;
(i) The debtor was insolvent or became insolvent shortly after the transfer was made or the obligation was incurred;
(j) The transfer occurred shortly before or after a substantial debt was incurred; and
(k) The debtor transferred the essential assets of the business to a lienor who transferred the assets to an insider of the debtor.
Source.
1987, 215:1, eff. Jan. 1, 1988.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LV - Proceedings in Special Cases › Chapter 545-A - Uniform Fraudulent Transfer Act › Section 545-A:5 - Transfers Fraudulent as to Present Creditors.

545-A:5 Transfers Fraudulent as to Present Creditors. –
I. A transfer made or obligation incurred by a debtor is fraudulent as to a creditor whose claim arose before the transfer was made or the obligation was incurred if the debtor made the transfer or incurred the obligation without receiving a reasonably equivalent value in exchange for the transfer or obligation and the debtor was insolvent at that time or the debtor became insolvent as a result of the transfer or obligation.
II. A transfer made by a debtor is fraudulent as to a creditor whose claim arose before the transfer was made if the transfer was made to an insider for an antecedent debt, the debtor was insolvent at that time, and the insider had reasonable cause to believe that the debtor was insolvent.
Source.
1987, 215:1, eff. Jan. 1, 1988.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LV - Proceedings in Special Cases › Chapter 545-A - Uniform Fraudulent Transfer Act › Section 545-A:6 - When Transfer is Made or Obligation is Incurred.

545-A:6 When Transfer is Made or Obligation is Incurred. –
For the purposes of this chapter:
I. A transfer is made:
(a) With respect to an asset that is real property other than a fixture, but including the interest of a seller or purchaser under a contract for the sale of the asset, when the transfer is so far perfected that a good-faith purchaser of the asset from the debtor against whom applicable law permits the transfer to be perfected cannot acquire an interest in the asset that is superior to the interest of the transferee; and
(b) With respect to an asset that is not real property or that is a fixture, when the transfer is so far perfected that a creditor on a simple contract cannot acquire a judicial lien otherwise than under this chapter that is superior to the interest of the transferee;
II. If applicable law permits the transfer to be perfected as provided in paragraph I and the transfer is not so perfected before the commencement of an action for relief under this chapter, the transfer is deemed made immediately before the commencement of the action;
III. If applicable law does not permit the transfer to be perfected as provided in paragraph I, the transfer is made when it becomes effective between the debtor and the transferee;
IV. A transfer is not made until the debtor has acquired rights in the asset transferred;
V. An obligation is incurred:
(a) If oral, when it becomes effective between the parties; or
(b) If evidenced by a writing, when the writing executed by the obligor is delivered to or for the benefit of the obligee.
Source.
1987, 215:1, eff. Jan. 1, 1988.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LV - Proceedings in Special Cases › Chapter 545-A - Uniform Fraudulent Transfer Act › Section 545-A:7 - Remedies of Creditors.

545-A:7 Remedies of Creditors. –
I. In an action for relief against a transfer or obligation under this chapter, a creditor, subject to the limitations in RSA 545-A:8, may obtain:
(a) Avoidance of the transfer or obligation to the extent necessary to satisfy the creditor's claim.
(b) An attachment or other provisional remedy against the asset transferred or other property of the transferee in accordance with the procedure prescribed by RSA 498:8.
(c) Subject to applicable principles of equity and in accordance with applicable rules of civil procedure:
(1) An injunction against further disposition by the debtor or a transferee, or both, of the asset transferred or of other property;
(2) Appointment of a receiver to take charge of the asset transferred or of other property of the transferee; or
(3) Any other relief the circumstances may require.
(d) If a creditor has obtained a judgment on a claim against the debtor, the creditor, if the court so orders, may levy execution on the asset transferred or its proceeds.
Source.
1987, 215:1, eff. Jan. 1, 1988.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LV - Proceedings in Special Cases › Chapter 545-A - Uniform Fraudulent Transfer Act › Section 545-A:8 - Defenses, Liability, and Protection of Transferee.

545-A:8 Defenses, Liability, and Protection of Transferee. –
I. A transfer or obligation is not voidable under RSA 545-A:4, I(a) against a person who took in good faith and for a reasonably equivalent value or against any subsequent transferee or obligee.
II. Except as otherwise provided in this section, to the extent a transfer is voidable in an action by a creditor under RSA 545-A:7, I(a), the creditor may recover judgment for the value of the asset transferred, as adjusted under paragraph III, or the amount necessary to satisfy the creditor's claim, whichever is less. The judgment may be entered against:
(a) The first transferee of the asset or the person for whose benefit the transfer was made; or
(b) Any subsequent transferee other than a good faith transferee who took for value or from any subsequent transferee.
III. If the judgment under paragraph II is based upon the value of the asset transferred, the judgment must be for an amount equal to the value of the asset at the time of the transfer, subject to adjustment as the equities may require.
IV. Notwithstanding voidability of a transfer or an obligation under this chapter, a good-faith transferee or obligee is entitled, to the extent of the value given the debtor for the transfer or obligation, to
(a) A lien on or a right to retain any interest in the asset transferred;
(b) Enforcement of any obligation incurred; or
(c) A reduction in the amount of the liability on the judgment.
V. A transfer is not voidable under RSA 545-A:4, I(b) or RSA 545-A:5 if the transfer results from:
(a) Termination of a lease upon default by the debtor when the termination is pursuant to the lease and applicable law; or
(b) Enforcement of a security interest in compliance with Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code.
VI. A transfer is not voidable under RSA 545-A:5, II:
(a) To the extent the insider gave new value to or for the benefit of the debtor after the transfer was made unless the new value was secured by a valid lien;
(b) If made in the ordinary course of business or financial affairs of the debtor and the insider; or
(c) If made pursuant to a good-faith effort to rehabilitate the debtor and the transfer secured present value given for that purpose as well as an antecedent debt of the debtor.
Source.
1987, 215:1, eff. Jan. 1, 1988.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LV - Proceedings in Special Cases › Chapter 545-A - Uniform Fraudulent Transfer Act › Section 545-A:9 - Extinguishment of Claim for Relief.

545-A:9 Extinguishment of Claim for Relief. –
A claim for relief with respect to a fraudulent transfer or obligation under this chapter is extinguished unless action is brought:
I. Under RSA 545-A:4, I(a), within 4 years after the transfer was made or the obligation was incurred or, if later, within one year after the transfer or obligation was or could reasonably have been discovered by the claimant;
II. Under RSA 545-A:4, I(b) or RSA 545-A:5, I, within 4 years after the transfer was made or the obligation was incurred; or
III. Under RSA 545-A:5, II, within one year after the transfer was made or the obligation was incurred.
Source.
1987, 215:1, eff. Jan. 1, 1988.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LV - Proceedings in Special Cases › Chapter 545-A - Uniform Fraudulent Transfer Act › Section 545-A:10 - Supplementary Provisions.

545-A:10 Supplementary Provisions. –
Unless displaced by the provisions of this chapter, the principles of law and equity, including the law merchant and the law relating to principal and agent, estoppel, laches, fraud, misrepresentation, duress, coercion, mistake, insolvency, or other validating or invalidating cause, supplement its provisions.
Source.
1987, 215:1, eff. Jan. 1, 1988.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LV - Proceedings in Special Cases › Chapter 545-A - Uniform Fraudulent Transfer Act › Section 545-A:11 - Uniformity of Application and Construction.

545-A:11 Uniformity of Application and Construction. –
This chapter shall be applied and construed to effectuate its general purpose to make uniform the law with respect to the subject of this chapter among states enacting it.
Source.
1987, 215:1, eff. Jan. 1, 1988.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LV - Proceedings in Special Cases › Chapter 546-A - Uniform Civil Liability for Support › Section 546-A:1 - Definitions.

546-A:1 Definitions. –
As used in this chapter:
I. "State" includes any state, territory or possession of the United States, the District of Columbia and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.
II. "Obligor" means any person owing a duty of support.
III. "Obligee" means any person to whom a duty of support is owed.
IV. "Child" means either a natural or adopted child.
V. "Father" or "mother" means either a natural or adopted father or mother.
Source.
1955, 206:1, par. 1. 1969, 478:2. 2006, 185:7, eff. May 26, 2006.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LV - Proceedings in Special Cases › Chapter 546-A - Uniform Civil Liability for Support › Section 546-A:2 - Liability.

546-A:2 Liability. –
Every person whose income or other resources are more than sufficient to provide for his or her reasonable subsistence compatible with decency or health owes a duty to support or contribute to the support of the following persons when in need: his or her wife, husband, or child under the age of 18 or for as long as the department of health and human services has the authority to recover support for the child under Title IV of the Social Security Act.
Source.
1955, 206:1, par. 2, eff. June 20, 1955. 2013, 212:2, eff. Jan. 1, 2014.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LV - Proceedings in Special Cases › Chapter 546-A - Uniform Civil Liability for Support › Section 546-A:3 - Duties of Support.

546-A:3 Duties of Support. –
An obligor present or resident in this state has the duty of support as defined in this chapter regardless of the presence of residence of the obligee.
Source.
1955, 203:1, par. 3, eff. June 20, 1955.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LV - Proceedings in Special Cases › Chapter 546-A - Uniform Civil Liability for Support › Section 546-A:4 - Jurisdiction.

546-A:4 Jurisdiction. –
The superior court shall have jurisdiction of all proceedings brought under this chapter.
Source.
1955, 206:1, par. 4, eff. June 20, 1955.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LV - Proceedings in Special Cases › Chapter 546-A - Uniform Civil Liability for Support › Section 546-A:5 - Amount of Support.

546-A:5 Amount of Support. –
When determining the amount due for support the court shall consider all relevant factors including but not limited to: (a) the standard of living and situation of the parties; (b) the relative wealth and income of the parties; (c) the ability of the obligor to earn; (d) the ability of the obligee to earn; (e) the need of the obligee; (f) the age of the parties; (g) the responsibility of the obligor for the support of others.
Source.
1955, 206:1, par. 5, eff. June 20, 1955.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LV - Proceedings in Special Cases › Chapter 546-A - Uniform Civil Liability for Support › Section 546-A:6 - Modification of Order.

546-A:6 Modification of Order. –
The court shall retain jurisdiction to modify or vacate the order of support where justice requires.
Source.
1955, 206:1, par. 6, eff. June 20, 1955.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LV - Proceedings in Special Cases › Chapter 546-A - Uniform Civil Liability for Support › Section 546-A:7 - Enforcement of Rights.

546-A:7 Enforcement of Rights. –
The obligee may enforce his right of support against the obligor and the state or any political subdivision thereof may proceed on behalf of the obligee to enforce his right of support against the obligor. Whenever the state or a political subdivision thereof furnishes support to an obligee, it has the same right as the obligee to whom the support was furnished, for the purpose of securing reimbursement and of obtaining continuing support.
Source.
1955, 206:1, par. 7, eff. June 20, 1955.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LV - Proceedings in Special Cases › Chapter 546-A - Uniform Civil Liability for Support › Section 546-A:7-a - Medical Assistance Recipient; Notice of Petition for Spousal Support.

546-A:7-a Medical Assistance Recipient;  Notice of Petition for Spousal Support. –
I. The department of health and human services, the county attorney, and the department of justice shall be notified and shall have the opportunity to address the court in any proceeding under this chapter if the court or department of health and human services has concerns relative to:
(a) The impact on the ward of any period of Medicaid ineligibility that would result from the proposed gift;
(b) Whether the ward has been the victim of a crime or has been or is at risk of being abused, neglected, or exploited within the meaning of RSA 161-F:43; or
(c) The cost of the ward's care to be paid by Medicaid as the result of the proposed gift or income reallocation.
II. No petition of spousal support shall be enforceable against the department as it relates to eligibility for medical assistance unless the petitioner provides a copy of the petition to the department at least 14 days prior to filing with the court.
Source.
2022, 272:27, eff. June 24, 2022.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LV - Proceedings in Special Cases › Chapter 546-A - Uniform Civil Liability for Support › Section 546-A:9 - Evidence of Husband and Wife.

546-A:9 Evidence of Husband and Wife. –
Laws attaching a privilege against the disclosure of communications between husband and wife are inapplicable under this chapter.
Source.
1955, 206:1, par. 9, eff. June 20, 1955.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LV - Proceedings in Special Cases › Chapter 546-A - Uniform Civil Liability for Support › Section 546-A:10 - Rights Additional to Those Now Existing.

546-A:10 Rights Additional to Those Now Existing. –
The rights herein created are in addition to and not in substitution for any other rights.
Source.
1955, 206:1, par. 10, eff. June 20, 1955.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LV - Proceedings in Special Cases › Chapter 546-A - Uniform Civil Liability for Support › Section 546-A:11 - Uniformity of Interpretation.

546-A:11 Uniformity of Interpretation. –
This chapter shall be so interpreted and construed as to effectuate its general purpose to make uniform the law of those states which enact it.
Source.
1955, 206:1, par. 11, eff. June 20, 1955.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LV - Proceedings in Special Cases › Chapter 546-A - Uniform Civil Liability for Support › Section 546-A:12 - Title.

546-A:12 Title. –
This chapter may be cited as the Uniform Civil Liability For Support Act.
Source.
1955, 206:1, par. 12, eff. June 20, 1955.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LV - Proceedings in Special Cases › Chapter 546-B - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act › Section 546-B:1-a - State Tribunal and Support Enforcement Agency.

546-B:1-a State Tribunal and Support Enforcement Agency. –
I. The circuit court, the department of health and human services, or a combination, are the tribunals of this state.
II. The department of health and human services, division of child support services, is the support enforcement agency of this state.
Source.
2015, 75:1, eff. Jan. 1, 2016.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LV - Proceedings in Special Cases › Chapter 546-B - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act › Section 546-B:2 - Remedies Cumulative.

546-B:2 Remedies Cumulative. –
I. Remedies provided by this chapter are cumulative and do not affect the availability of remedies under other law, or the recognition of a support order, on the basis of comity.
II. This chapter does not:
(a) Provide the exclusive method of establishing or enforcing a support order under the law of this state; or
(b) Grant a tribunal of this state jurisdiction to render judgment or issue an order relating to child custody or parenting time in a proceeding under this chapter.
Source.
2015, 75:1, eff. Jan. 1, 2016.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LV - Proceedings in Special Cases › Chapter 546-B - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act › Section 546-B:2-a - Application of Chapter to Resident of Foreign Country and Foreign Support Proceeding.

546-B:2-a Application of Chapter to Resident of Foreign Country and Foreign Support Proceeding. –
I. A tribunal of this state shall apply Articles 1 through 6 and, as applicable, Article 7, to a support proceeding involving:
(a) A foreign support order;
(b) A foreign tribunal; or
(c) An obligee, obligor, or child residing in a foreign country.
II. A tribunal of this state that is requested to recognize and enforce a support order on the basis of comity may apply the procedural and substantive provisions of Articles 1 through 6.
III. Article 7 applies only to a support proceeding under the Convention. In such a proceeding, if a provision of Article 7 is inconsistent with Articles 1 through 6, Article 7 controls.
Source.
2015, 75:1, eff. Jan. 1, 2016.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LV - Proceedings in Special Cases › Chapter 546-B - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act › Section 546-B:3 - Bases for Jurisdiction Over Nonresident.

546-B:3 Bases for Jurisdiction Over Nonresident. –
I. In a proceeding to establish or enforce a support order or to determine parentage of a child, a tribunal of this state may exercise personal jurisdiction over a nonresident individual or the individual's guardian or conservator if:
(a) The individual is personally served with notice within this state;
(b) The individual submits to the jurisdiction of this state by consent in a record, by entering a general appearance, or by filing a responsive document having the effect of waiving any contest to personal jurisdiction;
(c) The individual resided with the child in this state;
(d) The individual resided in this state and provided prenatal expenses or support for the child;
(e) The child resides in this state as a result of the acts or directives of the individual;
(f) The individual engaged in sexual intercourse in this state and the child may have been conceived by that act of intercourse;
(g) The individual asserted parentage of a child in the putative father registry maintained in this state by the department of health and human services; or
(h) There is any other basis consistent with the constitutions of this state and the United States for the exercise of personal jurisdiction.
II. The bases of personal jurisdiction set forth in paragraph I or in any other law of this state may not be used to acquire personal jurisdiction for a tribunal of this state to modify a child support order of another state unless the requirements of RSA 546-B:49 are met, or in the case of a foreign support order, unless the requirement of 546-B:52-a are met.
Source.
2015, 75:1, eff. Jan. 1, 2016.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LV - Proceedings in Special Cases › Chapter 546-B - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act › Section 546-B:4 - Duration of Personal Jurisdiction.

546-B:4 Duration of Personal Jurisdiction. –
Personal jurisdiction acquired by a tribunal of this state in a proceeding under this chapter or other law of this state relating to a support order continues as long as a tribunal of this state has continuing exclusive jurisdiction to modify its order or continuing jurisdiction to enforce its order as provided by RSA 546-B:7, RSA 546-B:8, and RSA 546-B:11-b.
Source.
2015, 75:1, eff. Jan. 1, 2016.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LV - Proceedings in Special Cases › Chapter 546-B - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act › Section 546-B:5 - Initiating and Responding Tribunal of This State.

546-B:5 Initiating and Responding Tribunal of This State. –
Under this chapter, a tribunal of this state may serve as an initiating tribunal to forward proceedings to a tribunal of another state, and as a responding tribunal for proceedings initiated in another state or a foreign country.
Source.
2015, 75:1, eff. Jan. 1, 2016.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LV - Proceedings in Special Cases › Chapter 546-B - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act › Section 546-B:6 - Simultaneous Proceedings.

546-B:6 Simultaneous Proceedings. –
I. A tribunal of this state may exercise jurisdiction to establish a support order if the petition or comparable pleading is filed after a petition or comparable pleading is filed in another state or a foreign country only if:
(a) The petition or comparable pleading in this state is filed before the expiration of the time allowed in the other state or the foreign country for filing a responsive pleading challenging the exercise of jurisdiction by the other state or the foreign country;
(b) The contesting party timely challenges the exercise of jurisdiction in the other state or foreign country; and
(c) If relevant, this state is the home state of the child.
II. A tribunal of this state may not exercise jurisdiction to establish a support order if the petition or comparable pleading is filed before a petition or comparable pleading is filed in another state or foreign country if:
(a) The petition or comparable pleading in the other state or foreign country is filed before the expiration of the time allowed in this state for filing a responsive pleading challenging the exercise of jurisdiction by this state;
(b) The contesting party timely challenges the exercise of jurisdiction in this state; and
(c) If relevant, the other state or foreign country is the home state of the child.
Source.
2015, 75:1, eff. Jan. 1, 2016.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LV - Proceedings in Special Cases › Chapter 546-B - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act › Section 546-B:7 - Continuing, Exclusive Jurisdiction To Modify Child Support Order.

546-B:7 Continuing, Exclusive Jurisdiction To Modify Child Support Order. –
I. A tribunal of this state that has issued a support order consistent with the law of this state has and shall exercise continuing, exclusive jurisdiction to modify its child support order if the order is the controlling order and:
(a) At the time of the filing of a request for modification this state is the residence of the obligor, the individual obligee, or the child for whose benefit the support order is issued; or
(b) Even if this state is not the residence of the obligor, the individual obligee, or the child for whose benefit the support order is issued, the parties consent in a record or in open court that the tribunal of this state may continue to exercise jurisdiction to modify its order.
II. A tribunal of this state that has issued a child support order consistent with the law of this state may not exercise continuing exclusive jurisdiction to modify the order if:
(a) All of the parties who are individuals file consent in a record with the tribunal of this state that a tribunal of another state that has jurisdiction over at least one of the parties who is an individual or that is located in the state of residence of the child may modify the order and assume continuing, exclusive jurisdiction; or
(b) Its order is not the controlling order.
III. If a tribunal of another state has issued a child support order pursuant to the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act or a law substantially similar to that act, which modifies a child support order of a tribunal of this state, tribunals of this state shall recognize the continuing, exclusive jurisdiction of the tribunal of the other state.
IV. A tribunal of this state that lacks continuing, exclusive jurisdiction to modify a child support order may serve as an initiating tribunal to request a tribunal of another state to modify a support order issued in that state.
V. A temporary support order issued ex parte or pending resolution of a jurisdictional conflict does not create continuing, exclusive jurisdiction in the issuing tribunal.
Source.
2015, 75:1, eff. Jan. 1, 2016.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LV - Proceedings in Special Cases › Chapter 546-B - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act › Section 546-B:8 - Continuing Jurisdiction to Enforce Child Support Order.

546-B:8 Continuing Jurisdiction to Enforce Child Support Order. –
I. A tribunal of this state that has issued a child support order consistent with the law of this state may serve as an initiating tribunal to request a tribunal of another state to enforce:
(a) The order if the order is the controlling order and has not been modified by a tribunal of another state that assumed jurisdiction pursuant to the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act; or
(b) A money judgment for arrears of support and interest on the order accrued before a determination that an order of a tribunal of another state is the controlling order.
II. A tribunal of this state having continuing jurisdiction over a support order may act as a responding tribunal to enforce the order.
Source.
2015, 75:1, eff. Jan. 1, 2016.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LV - Proceedings in Special Cases › Chapter 546-B - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act › Section 546-B:10 - Child Support Orders for 2 or More Obligees.

546-B:10 Child Support Orders for 2 or More Obligees. –
In responding to registrations or petitions for enforcement of 2 or more child support orders in effect at the same time with regard to the same obligor and different individual obligees, at least one of which was issued by a tribunal of another state or a foreign country, a tribunal of this state shall enforce those orders in the same manner as if the orders had been issued by a tribunal of this state.
Source.
2015, 75:1, eff. Jan. 1, 2016.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LV - Proceedings in Special Cases › Chapter 546-B - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act › Section 546-B:11 - Credit for Payments.

546-B:11 Credit for Payments. –
A tribunal of this state shall credit amounts collected for a particular period pursuant to any child support order against the amounts owed for the same period under any other child support order for support of the same child issued by a tribunal of this state, another state, or a foreign country.
Source.
2015, 75:1, eff. Jan. 1, 2016.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LV - Proceedings in Special Cases › Chapter 546-B - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act › Section 546-B:11-a - Application of This Chapter to Nonresident Subject to Personal Jurisdiction.

546-B:11-a Application of This Chapter to Nonresident Subject to Personal Jurisdiction. –
A tribunal of this state exercising personal jurisdiction over a nonresident in a proceeding under this chapter, under other law of this state relating to a support order, or recognizing a foreign support order may receive evidence from outside this state pursuant to RSA 546-B:27, communicate with a tribunal outside this state pursuant to RSA 546-B:28, and obtain discovery through a tribunal outside this state pursuant to RSA 546-B:29. In all other respects, Articles 3 through 6 do not apply, and the tribunal shall apply the procedural and substantive law of this state.
Source.
2015, 75:1, eff. Jan. 1, 2016.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LV - Proceedings in Special Cases › Chapter 546-B - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act › Section 546-B:11-b - Continuing, Exclusive Jurisdiction to Modify Spousal Support Order.

546-B:11-b Continuing, Exclusive Jurisdiction to Modify Spousal Support Order. –
I. A tribunal of this state issuing a spousal support order consistent with the law of this state has continuing, exclusive jurisdiction to modify the spousal support order throughout the existence of the support obligation.
II. A tribunal of this state may not modify a spousal support order issued by a tribunal of another state or a foreign country having continuing, exclusive jurisdiction over that order under the law of that state or foreign country.
III. A tribunal of this state that has continuing, exclusive jurisdiction over a spousal support order may serve as:
(a) An initiating tribunal to request a tribunal of another state to enforce the spousal support order issued in this state; or
(b) A responding tribunal to enforce or modify its own spousal support order.
Source.
2015, 75:1, eff. Jan. 1, 2016.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LV - Proceedings in Special Cases › Chapter 546-B - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act › Section 546-B:12 - Proceedings Under This Chapter.

546-B:12 Proceedings Under This Chapter. –
I. Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, this article applies to all proceedings under this chapter.
II. An individual petitioner or a support enforcement agency may initiate a proceeding authorized under this chapter by filing a petition in an initiating tribunal for forwarding to a responding tribunal or by filing a petition or a comparable pleading directly in a tribunal of another state or foreign country which has or can obtain personal jurisdiction over the respondent.
Source.
2015, 75:1, eff. Jan. 1, 2016.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LV - Proceedings in Special Cases › Chapter 546-B - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act › Section 546-B:13 - Proceeding by Minor Parent.

546-B:13 Proceeding by Minor Parent. –
A minor parent, or a guardian or other legal representative of a minor parent, may maintain a proceeding on behalf of or for the benefit of the minor's child.
Source.
2015, 75:1, eff. Jan. 1, 2016.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LV - Proceedings in Special Cases › Chapter 546-B - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act › Section 546-B:14 - Application of Law of This State.

546-B:14 Application of Law of This State. –
Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, a responding tribunal of this state shall:
I. Apply the procedural and substantive law, generally applicable to similar proceedings originating in this state and may exercise all powers and provide all remedies available in those proceedings; and
II. Determine the duty of support and the amount payable in accordance with the law and support guidelines of this state.
Source.
2015, 75:1, eff. Jan. 1, 2016.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LV - Proceedings in Special Cases › Chapter 546-B - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act › Section 546-B:15 - Duties of Initiating Tribunal.

546-B:15 Duties of Initiating Tribunal. –
I. Upon the filing of a petition authorized by this chapter, an initiating tribunal of this state shall forward the petition and its accompanying documents:
(a) To the responding tribunal or appropriate support enforcement agency in the responding state; or
(b) If the identity of the responding tribunal is unknown, to the state information agency of the responding state with a request that they be forwarded to the appropriate tribunal and that receipt be acknowledged.
II. If requested by the responding tribunal, a tribunal of this state shall issue a certificate or other documents and make findings required by the law of the responding state. If the responding tribunal is in a foreign country, upon request the tribunal of this state shall specify the amount of support sought, convert that amount into the equivalent amount in the foreign currency under applicable official or market exchange rate as publicly reported, and provide any other documents necessary to satisfy the requirements of the responding foreign tribunal.
Source.
2015, 75:1, eff. Jan. 1, 2016.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LV - Proceedings in Special Cases › Chapter 546-B - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act › Section 546-B:16 - Duties and Powers of Responding Tribunal.

546-B:16 Duties and Powers of Responding Tribunal. –
I. When a responding tribunal of this state receives a petition or comparable pleading from an initiating tribunal or directly pursuant to RSA 546-B:12, II, it shall cause the petition or pleading to be filed and notify the petitioner where and when it was filed.
II. A responding tribunal of this state, to the extent not prohibited by other law, may do one or more of the following:
(a) Issue or enforce a support order, modify a child support order, determine the controlling child support order, or determine parentage;
(b) Order an obligor to comply with a support order, specifying the amount and the manner of compliance;
(c) Order income withholding;
(d) Determine the amount of any arrearages, and specify a method of payment;
(e) Enforce orders by civil or criminal contempt, or both;
(f) Set aside property for satisfaction of the support order;
(g) Place liens and order execution on the obligor's property;
(h) Order an obligor to keep the tribunal informed of the obligor's current residential address, telephone number, employer, address of employment, and telephone number at the place of employment;
(i) Issue a capias for an obligor who has failed after proper notice to appear at a hearing ordered by the tribunal and enter the capias in any local and state computer systems for criminal warrants;
(j) Order the obligor to seek appropriate employment by specified methods;
(k) Award reasonable attorney's fees and other fees and costs; or
(l) Grant any other available remedy.
III. A responding tribunal of this state shall include in a support order issued under this chapter, or in the documents accompanying the order, the calculations on which the support order is based.
IV. A responding tribunal of this state may not condition the payment of a support order issued under this chapter upon compliance by a party with provisions for visitation.
V. If a responding tribunal of this state issues an order under this chapter, the tribunal shall send a copy of the order to the petitioner and the respondent and to the initiating tribunal, if any.
VI. If requested to enforce a support order, arrears, or judgment or modify a support order stated in a foreign currency, a responding tribunal of this state shall convert the amount stated in the foreign currency to the equivalent amount in dollars under the applicable official or market exchange rate as publicly reported.
Source.
2015, 75:1, eff. Jan. 1, 2016.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LV - Proceedings in Special Cases › Chapter 546-B - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act › Section 546-B:17 - Inappropriate Tribunal.

546-B:17 Inappropriate Tribunal. –
If a petition or comparable pleading is received by an inappropriate tribunal of this state, the tribunal shall forward the pleading and accompanying documents to an appropriate tribunal in this state or another state and notify the petitioner where and when the pleading was sent.
Source.
2015, 75:1, eff. Jan. 1, 2016.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LV - Proceedings in Special Cases › Chapter 546-B - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act › Section 546-B:18 - Duties of Support Enforcement Agency.

546-B:18 Duties of Support Enforcement Agency. –
I. In a proceeding under this chapter, a support enforcement agency of this state, upon request:
(a) Shall provide services to a petitioner residing in a state;
(b) Shall provide services to a petitioner requesting services through a central authority of a foreign country as described in RSA 546-B:1, V(a) or (d); and
(c) May provide services to a petitioner who is an individual not residing in a state.
II. A support enforcement agency of this state that is providing services to the petitioner shall:
(a) Take all steps necessary to enable an appropriate tribunal of this state, another state, or a foreign country to obtain jurisdiction over the respondent;
(b) Request an appropriate tribunal to set a date, time, and place for a hearing;
(c) Make a reasonable effort to obtain all relevant information, including information as to income and property of the parties;
(d) Within 10 days, exclusive of Saturdays, Sundays, and legal holidays, after receipt of notice in a record from an initiating, responding, or registering tribunal, send a copy of the notice to the petitioner;
(e) Within 10 days, exclusive of Saturdays, Sundays, and legal holidays, after receipt of communication in a record from the respondent or the respondent's attorney, send a copy of the communication to the petitioner; and
(f) Notify the petitioner if jurisdiction over the respondent cannot be obtained.
III. A support enforcement agency of this state that requests registration of a child support order in this state for enforcement or for modification shall make reasonable efforts:
(a) To ensure that the order to be registered is the controlling order; or
(b) If 2 or more child support orders exist and the identity of the controlling order has not been determined, to ensure that a request for such a determination is made in a tribunal having jurisdiction to do so.
IV. A support enforcement agency of this state that requests registration and enforcement of a support order, arrears, or judgment stated in a foreign currency shall convert the amounts stated in the foreign currency into the amounts in dollars under the applicable official or market exchange rate as publicly reported.
V. A support enforcement agency of this state shall issue or request a tribunal of this state to issue a child support order and an income withholding order that redirect payment of current support, arrears, and interest if requested to do so by a support enforcement agency of another state pursuant to RSA 546-B:30.
VI. This chapter does not create or negate a relationship of attorney and client or other fiduciary relationship between a support enforcement agency or the attorney for the agency and the individual being assisted by the agency.
Source.
2015, 75:1, eff. Jan. 1, 2016.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LV - Proceedings in Special Cases › Chapter 546-B - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act › Section 546-B:19 - Duty of Attorney General.

546-B:19 Duty of Attorney General. –
I. If the attorney general determines that the support enforcement agency is neglecting or refusing to provide services to an individual, the attorney general may order the agency to perform its duties under this chapter or may provide those services directly to the individual.
II. The department of health and human services, division of child support services, may determine that a foreign country or political subdivision has established a reciprocal arrangement for child support with this state and take appropriate action for notification of the determination.
Source.
2015, 75:1, eff. Jan. 1, 2016.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LV - Proceedings in Special Cases › Chapter 546-B - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act › Section 546-B:20 - Private Counsel.

546-B:20 Private Counsel. –
An individual may employ private counsel to represent the individual in proceedings authorized by this chapter.
Source.
2015, 75:1, eff. Jan. 1, 2016.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LV - Proceedings in Special Cases › Chapter 546-B - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act › Section 546-B:21 - Duties of State Information Agency.

546-B:21 Duties of State Information Agency. –
I. The department of health and human services, division of child support services is the state information agency under this chapter.
II. The state information agency shall:
(a) Compile and maintain a current list, including addresses, of the tribunals in this state which have jurisdiction under this chapter and any support enforcement agencies in this state and transmit a copy to the state information agency of every other state;
(b) Maintain a register of names and addresses of tribunals and support enforcement agencies of other states;
(c) Forward to the appropriate tribunal in the county in this state in which the obligee who is an individual or the obligor resides, or in which the obligor's property is believed to be located, all documents concerning a proceeding under this chapter received from another state or a foreign country; and
(d) Obtain information concerning the location of the obligor and the obligor's property within this state not exempt from execution, by such means as postal verification and federal or state locator services, examination of telephone directories, requests for the obligor's address from employers, and examination of governmental records including, to the extent not prohibited by other law, those relating to real property, vital statistics, law enforcement, taxation, motor vehicles, driver's licenses, and social security.
Source.
2015, 75:1, eff. Jan. 1, 2016.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LV - Proceedings in Special Cases › Chapter 546-B - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act › Section 546-B:22 - Pleadings and Accompanying Documents.

546-B:22 Pleadings and Accompanying Documents. –
I. In a proceeding under this chapter, a petitioner seeking to establish a support order, or to determine parentage of a child, or to register and modify a support order of a tribunal of another state or a foreign country must file a petition. Unless otherwise ordered under RSA 546-B:23, the petition or accompanying documents shall provide, so far as known, the name, residential address, and social security numbers of the obligor and the obligee or the parent and alleged parent, and the name, sex, residential address, social security number, and date of birth of each child for whose benefit support is sought or whose parentage is to be determined. Unless filed at the time of registration, the petition shall be accompanied by a copy of any support order known to have been issued by another tribunal. The petition may include any other information that may assist in locating or identifying the respondent.
II. The petition shall specify the relief sought. The petition and accompanying documents shall conform substantially with the requirements imposed by the forms mandated by federal law for use in cases filed by a support enforcement agency.
Source.
2015, 75:1, eff. Jan. 1, 2016.