New Hampshire Revised Statutes 169-C:22 – Modification of Dispositional Orders
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Terms Used In New Hampshire Revised Statutes 169-C:22
- Child: means any person who has not reached his eighteenth birthday. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 169-C:3
- Child placing agency: means the department, Catholic charities of New Hampshire, or child and family services of New Hampshire, or any successor organization. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 169-C:3
- Court: means the district court, unless otherwise indicated. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 169-C:3
- Custodian: means an agency or person, other than a parent or guardian, licensed pursuant to N. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 169-C:3
- Parent: means mother, father, adoptive parent, stepparent, but such term shall not include a parent as to whom the parent-child relationship has been terminated by judicial decree or voluntary relinquishment. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 169-C:3
Upon the motion of a child, parent, custodian, guardian or of the child placing agency alleging a change of circumstances requiring a different disposition the court shall conduct a hearing and pursuant to N.H. Rev. Stat. § 169-C:19 may modify a dispositional order; provided that the court may dismiss the motion if the allegations are not substantiated in the hearing.