New Hampshire Revised Statutes 161-C:5 – Limitation of Debt
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The following limitations shall apply to the debt created by N.H. Rev. Stat. § 161-C:4.
I. (a) An order of support, for which there is in effect an assignment to the department of health and human services pursuant to N.H. Rev. Stat. § 161-C:22, shall be suspended and shall not accrue, and no public assistance debt shall be incurred, during such time as the responsible parent receives benefits pursuant to Title XVI of the Social Security Act under the supplemental security income program or public assistance pursuant to N.H. Rev. Stat. Chapter 167 under any of the following programs:
(1) Aid to the permanently and totally disabled.
(2) Aid to the needy blind.
(3) Aid to families with dependent children.
(4) Old age assistance.
(b) A debt previously incurred under N.H. Rev. Stat. § 161-C:4 shall not be collected from any responsible parent while that parent receives public assistance through any of the programs listed in N.H. Rev. Stat. § 161-C:5, I(a).
(c) The department shall not enforce any order of support against the responsible parent while that parent receives public assistance through any of the programs listed in N.H. Rev. Stat. § 161-C:5, I(a), whether or not an assignment of support rights to the department exists.
II. Upon entry of a legal order for support obligating a responsible parent to pay child support for the benefit of his or her dependent children for whom public assistance is paid, and for so long as such legal order for support remains in effect, the responsible parent shall not be responsible for additional public assistance payments.
III. When a periodic support payment has been established under N.H. Rev. Stat. § 161-C:8 the debt shall be limited to the amount stated in the decision.
I. (a) An order of support, for which there is in effect an assignment to the department of health and human services pursuant to N.H. Rev. Stat. § 161-C:22, shall be suspended and shall not accrue, and no public assistance debt shall be incurred, during such time as the responsible parent receives benefits pursuant to Title XVI of the Social Security Act under the supplemental security income program or public assistance pursuant to N.H. Rev. Stat. Chapter 167 under any of the following programs:
Terms Used In New Hampshire Revised Statutes 161-C:5
- 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.
- following: when used by way of reference to any section of these laws, shall mean the section next preceding or following that in which such reference is made, unless some other is expressly designated. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 21:13
- 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
(1) Aid to the permanently and totally disabled.
(2) Aid to the needy blind.
(3) Aid to families with dependent children.
(4) Old age assistance.
(b) A debt previously incurred under N.H. Rev. Stat. § 161-C:4 shall not be collected from any responsible parent while that parent receives public assistance through any of the programs listed in N.H. Rev. Stat. § 161-C:5, I(a).
(c) The department shall not enforce any order of support against the responsible parent while that parent receives public assistance through any of the programs listed in N.H. Rev. Stat. § 161-C:5, I(a), whether or not an assignment of support rights to the department exists.
II. Upon entry of a legal order for support obligating a responsible parent to pay child support for the benefit of his or her dependent children for whom public assistance is paid, and for so long as such legal order for support remains in effect, the responsible parent shall not be responsible for additional public assistance payments.
III. When a periodic support payment has been established under N.H. Rev. Stat. § 161-C:8 the debt shall be limited to the amount stated in the decision.