New Hampshire Revised Statutes 546-B:53-c – Initiation by Department of Health and Human Services of Support Proceeding Under Convention
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I. In a support proceeding under this article, the department of health and human services of this state shall:
(a) Transmit and receive applications; and
(b) Initiate or facilitate the institution of a proceeding regarding an application in a tribunal of this state.
II. The following support proceedings are available to an obligee under the Convention:
(a) Recognition or recognition and enforcement of a foreign support order;
(b) Enforcement of a support order issued or recognized in this state;
(c) Establishment of a support order if there is no existing order, including, if necessary, determination of parentage of a child;
(d) Establishment of a support order if recognition of a foreign support order is refused under N.H. Rev. Stat. § 546-B:53-g, II (b), (d), or (i);
(e) Modification of a support order of a tribunal of this state; and
(f) Modification of a support order of a tribunal of another state or a foreign country.
III. The following support proceedings are available under the Convention to an obligor against which there is an existing support order:
(a) Recognition of an order suspending or limiting enforcement of an existing support order of a tribunal of this state;
(b) Modification of a support order of a tribunal of this state; and
(c) Modification of a support order of a tribunal of another state or a foreign country.
IV. A tribunal of this state may not require security, bond, or deposit, however described, to guarantee the payment of costs and expenses in proceedings under the Convention.
(a) Transmit and receive applications; and
Terms Used In New Hampshire Revised Statutes 546-B:53-c
- 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
- 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
(b) Initiate or facilitate the institution of a proceeding regarding an application in a tribunal of this state.
II. The following support proceedings are available to an obligee under the Convention:
(a) Recognition or recognition and enforcement of a foreign support order;
(b) Enforcement of a support order issued or recognized in this state;
(c) Establishment of a support order if there is no existing order, including, if necessary, determination of parentage of a child;
(d) Establishment of a support order if recognition of a foreign support order is refused under N.H. Rev. Stat. § 546-B:53-g, II (b), (d), or (i);
(e) Modification of a support order of a tribunal of this state; and
(f) Modification of a support order of a tribunal of another state or a foreign country.
III. The following support proceedings are available under the Convention to an obligor against which there is an existing support order:
(a) Recognition of an order suspending or limiting enforcement of an existing support order of a tribunal of this state;
(b) Modification of a support order of a tribunal of this state; and
(c) Modification of a support order of a tribunal of another state or a foreign country.
IV. A tribunal of this state may not require security, bond, or deposit, however described, to guarantee the payment of costs and expenses in proceedings under the Convention.