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Home » US Law » 2022 New Hampshire Revised Statutes » Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare » Title 161-B - Support of Dependent Children

Section 161-B:1 – Purpose.

    161-B:1 Purpose. – I. It is the responsibility of the state of New Hampshire through the department of health and human services, to conserve the expenditure of public assistance funds, whenever possible, in order that such funds shall not be expended if there are private funds available or which can be made available by […]

Section 161-B:10 – Service.

    161-B:10 Service. – I. For all child support obligations payable through the department, service of all papers relating to the enforcement of an existing obligation for support including, but not limited to, hearing notices, support violation notices, show cause notices, and motions and notices pursuant to RSA 161-B shall be deemed legally sufficient service […]

Section 161-B:11 – Revocation and Denial of Licenses.

    161-B:11 Revocation and Denial of Licenses. – I. The department shall be authorized to certify that an obligor is not in compliance with a legal order of support, or that any party has failed, after receiving notice, to comply with subpoenas or orders relating to paternity or child support proceedings, to any licensing board […]

Section 161-B:2 – Definitions.

    161-B:2 Definitions. – In this chapter: I. "Certification" means written notification from the department to any appropriate licensing board that an obligor is not in compliance with a legal order of support for the purpose of suspending, revoking, or denying the issuance or renewal of any appropriate license or licenses held by an obligor. […]

Section 161-B:3 – Duty of Department to Enforce Child Support.

    161-B:3 Duty of Department to Enforce Child Support. – I. Whenever the department receives an application for public assistance on behalf of a child and it shall appear to the satisfaction of the department that said child has been abandoned by its parents or that the child and one parent have been abandoned by […]

Section 161-B:4 – Payment of Child Support to the Department.

    161-B:4 Payment of Child Support to the Department. – I. Child support payments shall be made payable through the office of child support enforcement services of the department upon written notice by the commissioner to a person responsible for the support of a dependent child or to a court or administrative agency having jurisdiction […]

Section 161-B:5 – Collection of Child Support.

    161-B:5 Collection of Child Support. – In order to carry out its responsibilities imposed under this chapter, the department is hereby authorized to commence or appear in any proceedings before any court or administrative agency for the purpose of obtaining, enforcing, or modifying an order of support on behalf of any dependent child or […]

Section 161-B:6 – Financial Statements.

    161-B:6 Financial Statements. – I. Any parent or other person, against whom the department seeks to establish a support obligation under RSA 161-C:4 or RSA 161-C:8 and 9 as a result of such person’s absence or failure to adequately support a dependent child, shall be required to disclose to the department the person’s current […]

Section 161-B:7 – Repository for Information.

    161-B:7 Repository for Information. – I. The department is authorized and directed to establish a central unit to serve as a repository of information, to answer inquiries concerning absent parents and other persons legally responsible for support, to coordinate and supervise departmental activities in relation to such persons, and to establish a state case […]

Section 161-B:8 – Rulemaking.

    161-B:8 Rulemaking. – The commissioner shall adopt rules under RSA 541-A relative to: I. The establishment of reasonable standards to limit applications for support enforcement services under RSA 161-B:3, III. II. The establishment of reasonable fees for support enforcement services under RSA 161-B:3, IV. III. The manner and time for filing of financial statements […]

Section 161-B:9 – Notice.

    161-B:9 Notice. – I. In all cases in which child support obligations are payable through the department, the obligor shall inform the court which issued the support order in writing of any change of address within 15 days of the change. II. Each new order for support or outstanding order for support which is […]