New Hampshire Revised Statutes 546-B:40 – Procedure to Register Order for Enforcement
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I. Except as provided in N.H. Rev. Stat. § 546-B:53-e, a support order or income-withholding order of another state or a foreign support order may be registered in this state by sending the following records to the appropriate tribunal in this state:
(a) A letter of transmittal to the tribunal requesting registration and enforcement;
(b) Two copies, including one certified copy, of the order to be registered, including any modification of the order;
(c) A sworn statement by the person requesting registration or a certified statement by the custodian of the records showing the amount of any arrearage;
(d) The name of the obligor and, if known:
(1) The obligor’s address and social security number;
(2) The name and address of the obligor’s employer and any other source of income of the obligor; and
(3) A description and the location of property of the obligor in this state not exempt from execution; and
(e) Except as otherwise provided in N.H. Rev. Stat. § 546-B:23, the name and address of the obligee and, if applicable, the person to whom support payments are to be remitted.
II. On receipt of a request for registration, the registering tribunal shall cause the order to be filed as an order of a tribunal of another state or a foreign country, together with one copy of the documents and information, regardless of their form.
III. A petition or comparable pleading seeking a remedy that must be affirmatively sought under other law of this state may be filed at the same time as the request for registration or later. The pleading must specify the grounds for the remedy sought.
IV. If 2 or more orders are in effect, the person requesting registration shall:
(a) Furnish to the tribunal a copy of every support order asserted to be in effect in addition to the documents specified in this section;
(b) Specify the order alleged to be the controlling order, if any; and
(c) Specify the amount of consolidated arrears, if any.
V. A request for a determination of which is the controlling order may be filed separately or with a request for registration and enforcement or for registration and modification. The person requesting registration shall give notice of the request to each party whose rights may be affected by the determination.
(a) A letter of transmittal to the tribunal requesting registration and enforcement;
Terms Used In New Hampshire Revised Statutes 546-B:40
- following: when used by way of reference to any section of these laws, shall mean the section next preceding or following that in which such reference is made, unless some other is expressly designated. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 21:13
- person: may extend and be applied to bodies corporate and politic as well as to individuals. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 21:9
- petition: when used in connection with the equity jurisdiction of the superior court, and referring to a document filed with the court, shall mean complaint, and "petitioner" shall mean plaintiff. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 21:51
- 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
- sworn: when applied to public officers required by the constitution to take oaths therein prescribed, shall refer to those oaths; when applied to other officers it shall mean sworn to the faithful discharge of the duties of their offices before a justice of the peace, or other person authorized to administer official oaths in such cases. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 21:25
(b) Two copies, including one certified copy, of the order to be registered, including any modification of the order;
(c) A sworn statement by the person requesting registration or a certified statement by the custodian of the records showing the amount of any arrearage;
(d) The name of the obligor and, if known:
(1) The obligor’s address and social security number;
(2) The name and address of the obligor’s employer and any other source of income of the obligor; and
(3) A description and the location of property of the obligor in this state not exempt from execution; and
(e) Except as otherwise provided in N.H. Rev. Stat. § 546-B:23, the name and address of the obligee and, if applicable, the person to whom support payments are to be remitted.
II. On receipt of a request for registration, the registering tribunal shall cause the order to be filed as an order of a tribunal of another state or a foreign country, together with one copy of the documents and information, regardless of their form.
III. A petition or comparable pleading seeking a remedy that must be affirmatively sought under other law of this state may be filed at the same time as the request for registration or later. The pleading must specify the grounds for the remedy sought.
IV. If 2 or more orders are in effect, the person requesting registration shall:
(a) Furnish to the tribunal a copy of every support order asserted to be in effect in addition to the documents specified in this section;
(b) Specify the order alleged to be the controlling order, if any; and
(c) Specify the amount of consolidated arrears, if any.
V. A request for a determination of which is the controlling order may be filed separately or with a request for registration and enforcement or for registration and modification. The person requesting registration shall give notice of the request to each party whose rights may be affected by the determination.