New Hampshire Revised Statutes 161-C:4 – Creation of Support Debt
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I. Any payment of public assistance made to or for the benefit of a dependent child creates a debt due and owing to the department by any responsible parent. Except as otherwise provided in N.H. Rev. Stat. § 161-C:5, the amount of the debt shall be equal to the calculation of a weekly child support obligation derived in accordance with N.H. Rev. Stat. § 458-C:3 as applied to the responsible parent’s current income, multiplied by the number of weeks that public assistance was paid or the total amount of public assistance that was paid, whichever is less.
II. The court may consider the extenuating circumstances in N.H. Rev. Stat. § 458-C:5 when calculating the support debt to be paid by a responsible parent.
III. Any child support payments pursuant to a legal order of support which remain unpaid create a debt due and owing by the responsible parent in an amount equal to the amount of unpaid support.
II. The court may consider the extenuating circumstances in N.H. Rev. Stat. § 458-C:5 when calculating the support debt to be paid by a responsible parent.
Terms Used In New Hampshire Revised Statutes 161-C:4
- Department: means the New Hampshire department of health and human services. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 161-C:2
- Dependent: A person dependent for support upon another.
- Legal order of support: means any judgment or order including an order in a final decree of divorce for the support of dependent children issued by any court of the state of New Hampshire or another state, or any body authorized by law to issue and modify support orders. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 161-C:2
- Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
- Public assistance: means money payments made by the state pursuant to N. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 161-C:2
- Responsible parent: means the natural or adoptive parent of a dependent child. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 161-C:2
III. Any child support payments pursuant to a legal order of support which remain unpaid create a debt due and owing by the responsible parent in an amount equal to the amount of unpaid support.