New Hampshire Revised Statutes 546-B:45 – Contest of Registration or Enforcement
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I. A party contesting the validity or enforcement of a registered support order or seeking to vacate the registration has the burden of proving one or more of the following defenses:
(a) The issuing tribunal lacked personal jurisdiction over the contesting party;
(b) The order was obtained by fraud;
(c) The order has been vacated, suspended, or modified by a later order;
(d) The issuing tribunal has stayed the order pending appeal;
(e) There is a defense under the law of this state to the remedy sought;
(f) Full or partial payment has been made;
(g) The statute of limitation under N.H. Rev. Stat. § 546-B:42 precludes enforcement of some or all of the alleged arrearages; or
(h) The alleged controlling order is not the controlling order.
II. If a party presents evidence establishing a full or partial defense under paragraph I, a tribunal may stay enforcement of a registered support order, continue the proceeding to permit production of additional relevant evidence, and issue other appropriate orders. An uncontested portion of the registered support order may be enforced by all remedies available under the law of this state.
III. If the contesting party does not establish a defense under paragraph I to the validity or enforcement of a registered support order, the registering tribunal shall issue an order confirming the order.
(a) The issuing tribunal lacked personal jurisdiction over the contesting party;
Terms Used In New Hampshire Revised Statutes 546-B:45
- Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
- Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
- 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
- Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
- 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.
- 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.
(b) The order was obtained by fraud;
(c) The order has been vacated, suspended, or modified by a later order;
(d) The issuing tribunal has stayed the order pending appeal;
(e) There is a defense under the law of this state to the remedy sought;
(f) Full or partial payment has been made;
(g) The statute of limitation under N.H. Rev. Stat. § 546-B:42 precludes enforcement of some or all of the alleged arrearages; or
(h) The alleged controlling order is not the controlling order.
II. If a party presents evidence establishing a full or partial defense under paragraph I, a tribunal may stay enforcement of a registered support order, continue the proceeding to permit production of additional relevant evidence, and issue other appropriate orders. An uncontested portion of the registered support order may be enforced by all remedies available under the law of this state.
III. If the contesting party does not establish a defense under paragraph I to the validity or enforcement of a registered support order, the registering tribunal shall issue an order confirming the order.