New Hampshire Revised Statutes 126-A:36 – Persons Chargeable With Support of Patients or Residents of Public Institutions
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Terms Used In New Hampshire Revised Statutes 126-A:36
- person: may extend and be applied to bodies corporate and politic as well as to individuals. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 21:9
- state: when applied to different parts of the United States, may extend to and include the District of Columbia and the several territories, so called; and the words "United States" shall include said district and territories. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 21:4
Except as limited in N.H. Rev. Stat. § 126-A:43, II, expenses incurred in the institutions named in N.H. Rev. Stat. § 126-A:34 or at the direction of the commissioner in any public or private institution or elsewhere, may be recovered in any action in the name of the state from the person, or the person’s spouse, or, if a minor, the minor’s father or mother, whose income or other resources are more than sufficient to provide a reasonable subsistence compatible with decency and health, and the spouse, father and mother are declared jointly and severally liable for such expenses, unless otherwise ordered by the court.