Title XII, Public Safety and Welfare

The department of justice shall be empowered to receive and investigate reports of institutional abuse or neglect at the youth development center, and any facility that provides child inpatient psychiatric treatment within the state mental health system; and the department shall …

I. In cases involving the death of a child placed in any group home or child care institution as defined in RSA 170-E:25 or certified by the department for the care of children under this chapter, in any state owned or operated residential treatment program, or the youth developm…

I. The department shall immediately by telephone or in person refer all cases in which there is reason to believe that any person under the age of 18 years has been: (a) sexually molested; (b) sexually exploited; (c) intentionally physically injured so as to cause serious bodily …

The department of health and human services and the department of justice shall jointly develop a standardized protocol for the interviewing of victims and the investigation and assessment of cases of child abuse and neglect. The protocol shall seek to minimize the impact on the …

Anyone who knowingly violates any provision of this subdivision shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.

A child abuse specialized medical evaluation program is hereby established in the department. The program shall include the following elements: I. Child protective service workers shall have on-call access, 24 hours a day and 7 days a week, to an experienced health care professio…

I. The court shall have exclusive original jurisdiction over all proceedings alleging the abuse or neglect of a child. II. The court may, with the consent of the child, retain jurisdiction over any child, who, prior to his or her eighteenth birthday, was found to be neglected or …

If any provision of this chapter or the application thereof to any person or circumstances is held to be invalid, the remainder of the chapter and the application of such provision to other persons or circumstances shall not be affected thereby.

I. Proceedings under this chapter may be originated in the judicial district in which the child is found or resides. II. By the court, upon its own motion, or that of any party, proceedings under this chapter may, upon notice and acceptance, be transferred to another court as the…

I. A police or juvenile probation and parole officer may take a child into protective custody without the consent of the parents or other person legally responsible for the child's care if the child is in such circumstances or surroundings as would present an imminent danger to t…

I. If a child is found by a child protection services worker of the department to be in imminent danger in such circumstances or surroundings and where immediate removal appears necessary to protect the child from such imminent danger, the department's child protection services w…

I. The court shall, in its first court ruling that sanctions, even temporarily, the removal of a child from the home, determine whether continuation in the home is contrary to the child's welfare. II. The court shall within 60 days of a child's removal from the home, determine an…

I. Parents or guardians raising a child consistent with their biological sex, referring to a child consistent with their biological sex, or making mental health or medical decisions based on the child's biological sex shall not constitute a basis for: (a) A court order relative t…

I. A proceeding under this chapter is originated by any person filing a petition, with a judge or clerk in the judicial district in which the child is found or resides, alleging neglect or abuse of a child. II. The petition shall be entitled "In the Matter of __________ ," and sh…

I. (a) A parent or guardian may file a petition for a protective order on behalf of a minor, alleging abuse of the minor. The court shall not accept a petition under this section that is filed by a child's parent against the other parent. Any order issued under this chapter may b…

I. After a petition has been filed or an ex parte order issued, the court shall issue a summons to all persons named in the petition to be served by a law enforcement officer personally, or if personal service is not possible, at their usual place of abode. Such summons shall req…

The court shall serve the department of health and human services with a copy of any petition filed under RSA 169-C:7 and the department shall have legal standing at and receive notice of all proceedings under this chapter from the time of said service.

I. Any person or persons summoned having custody or control of the child who, without reasonable cause, fails to appear, may be proceeded against for contempt of court. II. In case the summons cannot be served, or the parties served fail to appear, or in the case when it appears …