Section 169-D:29 – Liability for Expenses.
169-D:29 Liability for Expenses. – I. (a) Whenever an order creating liability for expenses is issued by the court under this chapter, any expenses incurred for services, placements, and programs the providers of which are certified pursuant to RSA 170-G:4, XVIII, shall be payable by the department of health and human services. (b) Subparagraph […]
Section 169-D:30 – Severability.
169-D:30 Severability. – 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. Source. 1979, 361:2, eff. Aug. 22, 1979.
Section 169-D:31 – Data Collection; Reporting Requirement.
169-D:31 Data Collection; Reporting Requirement. – I. The department shall establish a system to collect data related to: (a) The person or entity who referred the child for services and/or filed the petition. (b) The racial and ethnic identity of the child. (c) The insurance status and coverage of child served. (d) The length […]
Section 169-D:20 – Appeals.
169-D:20 Appeals. – An appeal, under this chapter, may be taken to the superior court by the child, parent, guardian or custodian, within 30 days of the final dispositional order, but an appeal shall not suspend the order or decision of the court unless the court so orders. The superior court shall hear the […]
Section 169-D:21 – Periodic Review of Disposition Required.
169-D:21 Periodic Review of Disposition Required. – I. The court shall conduct periodic review hearings to review the disposition of a child under RSA 169-D:17. The court may review a case at any time. II. At this hearing, the court shall determine whether the department has made reasonable efforts to finalize the permanency plan […]
Section 169-D:21-a – Permanency Hearings.
169-D:21-a Permanency Hearings. – I. For a child who enters an out-of-home placement prior to an adjudicatory finding and who is in an out-of-home placement for 12 or more months, the court shall hold and complete an initial permanency hearing within 14 months of the child’s entry into out-of-home placement or within 12 months […]
Section 169-D:22 – Limitations of Authority Conferred.
169-D:22 Limitations of Authority Conferred. – This chapter shall not be construed as applying to persons 16 years of age or over who are charged with the violation of a motor vehicle law, an aeronautics law, a law relating to navigation of boats, a fish and game law, a law relating to title XIII, […]
Section 169-D:23 – Religious Preference.
169-D:23 Religious Preference. – The court and officials in placing children shall, as far as practicable, place them in the care and custody of some individual holding the same religious belief as the child or parents of the said child, or with some association which is controlled by persons of like religious faith. No […]
Section 169-D:24 – Court Sessions.
169-D:24 Court Sessions. – All hearings shall be held separate from the trial of criminal cases and such hearings shall be held wherever possible in rooms not used for such trials. Only such persons as the parties, their witnesses, counsel and representatives of the agencies present to perform their official duties shall be admitted. […]
Section 169-D:25 – Case and Court Records.
169-D:25 Case and Court Records. – I. All case records, defined in RSA 170-G:8-a, relative to children in need of services, shall be confidential and access shall be provided pursuant to RSA 170-G:8-a. II. The court records of proceedings under this chapter shall be kept in books and files separate from all other court […]