Title LV, Proceedings in Special Cases

A party or support enforcement agency seeking to modify, or to modify and enforce, a foreign child support order not under the Convention may register that order in this state under RSA 546-B:39 through RSA 546-B:46 if the order has not been registered. A petition for modificatio…

In this article: I. "Application" means a request under the Convention by an obligee or obligor, or on behalf of a child, made through a central authority for assistance from another central authority. II. "Central authority" means the entity designated by the United States or a …

This article applies only to a support proceeding under the Convention. In such a proceeding, if a provision of this article is inconsistent with Articles 1 through 6, this article controls.

The department of health and human services of this state is recognized as the agency designated by the United States central authority to perform specific functions under the Convention.

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 foll…

I. A petitioner may file a direct request seeking establishment or modification of a support order or determination of parentage of a child. In the proceeding, the law of this state applies. II. A petitioner may file a direct request seeking recognition and enforcement of a suppo…

I. Except as otherwise provided in this article, a party who is an individual or a support enforcement agency seeking recognition of a Convention support order shall register the order in this state as provided in Article 6. II. Notwithstanding RSA 546-B:22 and RSA 546-B:40, I, a…

I. Except as otherwise provided in this article, RSA 546-B:43 through RSA 546-B:46 apply to a contest of a registered Convention support order. II. A party contesting a registered Convention support order shall file a contest not later than 30 days after notice of the registratio…

I. Except as otherwise provided in paragraph II, a tribunal of this state shall recognize and enforce a registered Convention support order. II. The following grounds are the only grounds on which a tribunal of this state may refuse recognition and enforcement of a registered Con…

If a tribunal of this state does not recognize and enforce a Convention support order in its entirety, it shall enforce any severable part of the order. An application or direct request may seek recognition and partial enforcement of a Convention support order.

I. Except as otherwise provided in paragraphs III and IV, a tribunal of this state shall recognize and enforce a foreign support agreement registered in this state. II. An application or direct request for recognition and enforcement of a foreign support agreement must be accompa…

I. A tribunal of this state may not modify a Convention child support order if the obligee remains a resident of the foreign country where the support order was issued unless: (a) The obligee submits to the jurisdiction of a tribunal of this state, either expressly or by defendin…

Personal information gathered or transmitted under this article may be used only for the purposes for which it was gathered or transmitted.

A record filed with a tribunal of this state under this article must be in the original language and, if not in English, must be accompanied by an English translation.

I. For purposes of this article, "governor" includes an individual performing the functions of governor or the executive authority of a state covered by this chapter. II. The governor of this state may: (a) Demand that the governor of another state surrender an individual found i…

I. Before making a demand that the governor of another state surrender an individual charged criminally in this state with having failed to provide for the support of an obligee, the governor of this state may require a prosecutor of this state to demonstrate that at least 60 day…

In applying and construing this uniform act consideration must be given to the need to promote uniformity of the law with respect to its subject matter among states that enact it.

The commissioner of the department of health and human services may adopt rules, pursuant to RSA 541-A, which are deemed necessary for the efficient administration of the duties with which the department is charged under Title IV-D of the Social Security Act, as amended, to provi…

This chapter applies to proceedings begun on or after January 1, 2016 to establish a support order or determine parentage of a child or to register, recognize, enforce, or modify a prior support order, determination, or agreement, whenever issued or entered.

If any provision of this chapter or its application to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the invalidity does not affect other provisions or applications of this chapter which can be given effect without the invalid provision or application, and to this end the provision…

I. A tribunal of this state may exercise jurisdiction to establish a support order if the petition or comparable pleading is filed after a petition or comparable pleading is filed in another state or a foreign country only if: (a) The petition or comparable pleading in this state…

I. A tribunal of this state that has issued a support order consistent with the law of this state has and shall exercise continuing, exclusive jurisdiction to modify its child support order if the order is the controlling order and: (a) At the time of the filing of a request for …

I. A tribunal of this state that has issued a child support order consistent with the law of this state may serve as an initiating tribunal to request a tribunal of another state to enforce: (a) The order if the order is the controlling order and has not been modified by a tribun…

I. If a proceeding is brought under this chapter, and only one tribunal has issued a child support order, the order of that tribunal controls and must be so recognized. II. If a proceeding is brought under this chapter, and 2 or more child support orders have been issued by tribu…