New Hampshire Revised Statutes 458-A:15 – Temporary Emergency Jurisdiction
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I. A court of this state has temporary emergency jurisdiction if the child is present in this state and the child has been abandoned or it is necessary in an emergency to protect the child because the child, or a sibling or parent of the child, is subjected to or threatened with mistreatment or abuse.
II. If there is no previous child-custody determination that is entitled to be enforced under this chapter and a child-custody proceeding has not been commenced in a court of a state having jurisdiction under N.H. Rev. Stat. § 458-A:12 through N.H. Rev. Stat. § 458-A:14, a child-custody determination made under this section remains in effect until an order is obtained from a court of a state having jurisdiction under N.H. Rev. Stat. § 458-A:12 through N.H. Rev. Stat. § 458-A:14. If a child-custody proceeding has not been or is not commenced in a court of a state having jurisdiction under N.H. Rev. Stat. § 458-A:12 through N.H. Rev. Stat. § 458-A:14, a child-custody determination made under this section becomes a final determination, if it so provides and this state becomes the home state of the child.
III. If there is a previous child-custody determination that is entitled to be enforced under this chapter, or a child-custody proceeding has been commenced in a court of a state having jurisdiction under N.H. Rev. Stat. § 458-A:12 through N.H. Rev. Stat. § 458-A:14, any order issued by a court of this state under this section must specify in the order a period that the court considers adequate to allow the person seeking an order to obtain an order from the state having jurisdiction under N.H. Rev. Stat. § 458-A:12 through N.H. Rev. Stat. § 458-A:14. The order issued in this state remains in effect until an order is obtained from the other state within the period specified or the period expires.
IV. A court of this state which has been asked to make a child-custody determination under this section, upon being informed that a child-custody proceeding has been commenced in, or a child-custody determination has been made by, a court of a state having jurisdiction under N.H. Rev. Stat. § 458-A:12 through N.H. Rev. Stat. § 458-A:14, shall immediately communicate with the other court. A court of this state which is exercising jurisdiction pursuant to N.H. Rev. Stat. § 458-A:12 through N.H. Rev. Stat. § 458-A:14, upon being informed that a child-custody proceeding has been commenced in, or a child-custody determination has been made by, a court of another state under a statute similar to this section shall immediately communicate with the court of that state to resolve the emergency, protect the safety of the parties and the child, and determine a period for the duration of the temporary order.
II. If there is no previous child-custody determination that is entitled to be enforced under this chapter and a child-custody proceeding has not been commenced in a court of a state having jurisdiction under N.H. Rev. Stat. § 458-A:12 through N.H. Rev. Stat. § 458-A:14, a child-custody determination made under this section remains in effect until an order is obtained from a court of a state having jurisdiction under N.H. Rev. Stat. § 458-A:12 through N.H. Rev. Stat. § 458-A:14. If a child-custody proceeding has not been or is not commenced in a court of a state having jurisdiction under N.H. Rev. Stat. § 458-A:12 through N.H. Rev. Stat. § 458-A:14, a child-custody determination made under this section becomes a final determination, if it so provides and this state becomes the home state of the child.
Terms Used In New Hampshire Revised Statutes 458-A:15
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
- person: may extend and be applied to bodies corporate and politic as well as to individuals. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 21:9
- state: when applied to different parts of the United States, may extend to and include the District of Columbia and the several territories, so called; and the words "United States" shall include said district and territories. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 21:4
- Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
III. If there is a previous child-custody determination that is entitled to be enforced under this chapter, or a child-custody proceeding has been commenced in a court of a state having jurisdiction under N.H. Rev. Stat. § 458-A:12 through N.H. Rev. Stat. § 458-A:14, any order issued by a court of this state under this section must specify in the order a period that the court considers adequate to allow the person seeking an order to obtain an order from the state having jurisdiction under N.H. Rev. Stat. § 458-A:12 through N.H. Rev. Stat. § 458-A:14. The order issued in this state remains in effect until an order is obtained from the other state within the period specified or the period expires.
IV. A court of this state which has been asked to make a child-custody determination under this section, upon being informed that a child-custody proceeding has been commenced in, or a child-custody determination has been made by, a court of a state having jurisdiction under N.H. Rev. Stat. § 458-A:12 through N.H. Rev. Stat. § 458-A:14, shall immediately communicate with the other court. A court of this state which is exercising jurisdiction pursuant to N.H. Rev. Stat. § 458-A:12 through N.H. Rev. Stat. § 458-A:14, upon being informed that a child-custody proceeding has been commenced in, or a child-custody determination has been made by, a court of another state under a statute similar to this section shall immediately communicate with the court of that state to resolve the emergency, protect the safety of the parties and the child, and determine a period for the duration of the temporary order.