New Hampshire Revised Statutes 169-C:7 – Petition
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I. A proceeding under this chapter is originated by any person filing a petition, with a judge or clerk in the judicial district in which the child is found or resides, alleging neglect or abuse of a child.
II. The petition shall be entitled “In the Matter of __________ ,” and shall be verified under oath by the petitioner.
III. To be legally sufficient, the petition shall set forth the facts alleged to constitute abuse or neglect, and the statutory grounds upon which the petition is based.
IV. In addition, the petition shall also include, to the extent known:
(a) The name, birth date, and address of the child.
(b) The name and address of any custodial parent.
(c) The name and address of any other individual or agency having custody of the child.
(d) The name of any non-custodial parent.
(e) The name of any household member who is subject to the order.
II. The petition shall be entitled “In the Matter of __________ ,” and shall be verified under oath by the petitioner.
Terms Used In New Hampshire Revised Statutes 169-C:7
- Child: means any person who has not reached his eighteenth birthday. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 169-C:3
- Household member: means any person living with the parent, guardian, or custodian of the child from time to time or on a regular basis, who is involved occasionally or regularly with the care of the child. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 169-C:3
- Parent: means mother, father, adoptive parent, stepparent, but such term shall not include a parent as to whom the parent-child relationship has been terminated by judicial decree or voluntary relinquishment. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 169-C:3
- person: may extend and be applied to bodies corporate and politic as well as to individuals. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 21:9
- petition: when used in connection with the equity jurisdiction of the superior court, and referring to a document filed with the court, shall mean complaint, and "petitioner" shall mean plaintiff. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 21:51
- petitioner: shall mean plaintiff. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 21:51
III. To be legally sufficient, the petition shall set forth the facts alleged to constitute abuse or neglect, and the statutory grounds upon which the petition is based.
IV. In addition, the petition shall also include, to the extent known:
(a) The name, birth date, and address of the child.
(b) The name and address of any custodial parent.
(c) The name and address of any other individual or agency having custody of the child.
(d) The name of any non-custodial parent.
(e) The name of any household member who is subject to the order.