Terms Used In New Hampshire Revised Statutes > Chapter 458-B - Income Assignment

• Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
• Arrearage: means the total amount of unpaid support which has accrued since the effective date of a legal order which stipulates a periodic support amount due, and shall include any amount of unreimbursed assistance accumulated prior to the issuance of the legal order of support. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 458-B:1
• Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
• Department: means the department of health and human services. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 458-B:1
• Dependent: A person dependent for support upon another.
• Employer: means any person, firm, corporation, or association, or any political subdivision or department of the state or federal government, which employs a person or pays income or any other compensation. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 458-B:1
• 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
• Income: means compensation paid or payable for personal services, whether denominated as income, salary, commission, bonus, or otherwise, and specifically includes periodic payments pursuant to pension or retirement programs, disability plans, and workers' compensation payments. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 458-B:1
• IV-D services: means the services provided by the state under the state plan for the collection of support and establishment of paternity adopted pursuant to Title IV-D of the Social Security Act. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 458-B:1
• Legal order of support: means any valid judgment or order for the support of spouses, dependent children, or both, issued by any court or administrative body of the state of New Hampshire or any other state, including an order in a final decree of divorce. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 458-B:1
• Lump-sum payment: means any income paid or payable to the obligor as severance pay, accumulated sick pay, vacation pay, bonuses, commissions, or any other similar payments, excluding income paid or payable to the obligor as usual earnings on regular paydays and further excluding reimbursement for employment-related expenses incurred by the obligor. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 458-B:1
• month: shall mean a calendar month, and the word "year" a calendar year, unless otherwise expressed; and the word "year" shall be equivalent to the expression "year of our Lord. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 21:8
• 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.
• Obligee: means the person found to be legally entitled to receive child support, spousal support, or combination child and spousal support. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 458-B:1
• Obligor: means the person found to be legally liable for child support, spousal support, or combination child and spousal support. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 458-B:1
• Payable through the department: means that a legal order of support is enforced or administered by the department. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 458-B:1
• 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
• 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
• Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.