490-D:1 Judicial Branch Family Division Established. – The general court hereby organizes, constitutes, and establishes the judicial branch family division. The goals of the family division are the respectful treatment of all citizens by justices, marital masters, and other family division staff, the prompt and fair resolution of family issues by justices and marital […]
490-D:10 Repealed by 2011, 88:29(2), eff. July 1, 2011. –
490-D:11 Repealed by 2011, 88:29(3), eff. July 1, 2011. –
490-D:12 Judicial Branch Family Division Clerks; Fees. – I. [Repealed.] II. Fees as established by the supreme court under RSA 490:26-a shall be paid to the clerk of the applicable circuit court established in RSA 490-F for the benefit of the state. The clerk shall set aside 6 percent of each entry fee paid […]
490-D:13 Repealed by 2011, 88:29(5), eff. July 1, 2011. –
490-D:14 Statutory References. – During the implementation of the judicial branch family division, references in statutes involving the jurisdiction of the division to the superior, district, or probate courts shall be deemed to include the judicial branch family division. Following the full implementation of the division, those references shall be deemed to be to […]
490-D:15 Repealed by 2011, 88:29(6), eff. July 1, 2011. –
490-D:2 Jurisdiction. – Notwithstanding any law to the contrary and except for the limited need to allow an existing case to proceed with the same judge who had presided over it before the implementation of the judicial branch family division, following implementation of the division at a division site in accordance with RSA 490-D:5, […]
490-D:3 Equity Jurisdiction. – Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, the judicial branch family division shall have the powers of a court of equity in cases where subject matter jurisdiction lies with the judicial branch family division. Suits in equity where subject matter jurisdiction lies with the judicial branch family division including, but not […]
490-D:4 Sites. – The judicial branch family division shall operate at the following sites and such other sites as the supreme court, from time to time, determines, covering the following districts as delineated in RSA 502-A:1, except as otherwise indicated: Grafton County I. The courthouses in Grafton county which will house the judicial branch […]
490-D:5 Implementation Plan. – On the effective date of this chapter, the judicial branch family division shall be operational in Grafton and Rockingham counties. For the remaining counties, the judicial branch family division shall be made operational by order of the supreme court, generally in the order listed in RSA 490-D:4. Source. 2005, 177:14, […]
490-D:6 Repealed by 2011, 88:29(1), eff. July 1, 2011. –
490-D:7 Nominations and Appointments of Marital Masters. – I. The administrative judge of the judicial branch family division, with the concurrence of the supreme court, shall recommend persons to the governor and council for initial appointment as marital masters. In recommending candidates for initial appointment as marital masters under this chapter, the division shall […]
490-D:8 Qualifications of Marital Masters. – I. Marital masters shall possess the following qualifications: (a) Professional experience in family law matters. (b) Legal and personal qualities including, but not limited to: (1) Knowledge of family matters, including related matters such as tax and pension law; (2) Personal maturity so as to understand and make […]
490-D:9 Recommendations of Marital Masters. – All recommendations of marital masters shall be signed by a judge. The judge signing such recommendations shall certify that he or she has read the recommendations and agrees that the marital master has applied the correct legal standard to the facts determined by the marital master. Source. 2005, […]
