2015 New Hampshire Revised Statutes
Title LV - PROCEEDINGS IN SPECIAL CASES
Chapter 546-B - UNIFORM INTERSTATE FAMILY SUPPORT ACT
Section 546-B:53 - Proceeding to Determine Parentage.

[RSA 546-B:53 effective until January 1, 2016; see also RSA 546-B:53 set out below.]     546-B:53 Proceeding to Determine Parentage. –
    I. A tribunal of this state may serve as an initiating or responding tribunal in a proceeding brought under this chapter or a law substantially similar to this chapter, the Uniform Reciprocal Enforcement of Support Act, or the Revised Uniform Reciprocal Enforcement of Support Act to determine that the petitioner is a parent of a particular child or to determine that a respondent is a parent of that child.
    II. In a proceeding to determine parentage, a responding tribunal of this state shall apply the procedural and substantive law of this state, and the rules of this state on choice of law.
    546-B:53 Definitions. --
    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 foreign country described in RSA 546-B:1, V(d) to perform the functions specified in the Convention.
    III. "Convention support order'' means a support order of a tribunal of a foreign country described in RSA 546-B:1, V(d).
    IV. "Direct request'' means a petition filed by an individual in a tribunal of this state in a proceeding involving an obligee, obligor, or child residing outside the United States.
    V. "Foreign central authority'' means the entity designated by a foreign country described in RSA 546-B:1, V(d) to perform the functions specified in the Convention.
    VI. "Foreign support agreement'':
       (a) Means an agreement for support in a record that:
          (1) Is enforceable as a support order in the country of origin;
          (2) Has been:
             (A) Formally drawn up or registered as an authentic instrument by a foreign tribunal; or
             (B) Authenticated by, or concluded, registered, or filed with a foreign tribunal; and
          (3) May be reviewed and modified by a foreign tribunal; and
       (b) Includes a maintenance arrangement or authentic instrument under the Convention.
    VII. "United States central authority'' means the Secretary of the United States Department of Health and Human Services.

Source. 2015, 75:1, eff. Jan. 1, 2016.