Terms Used In New Hampshire Revised Statutes > Chapter 458-E - Military Parents' Rights Act

• Affidavit: A written statement of facts confirmed by the oath of the party making it, before a notary or officer having authority to administer oaths.
• Armed forces: means the United States Army, Army Reserve, Navy, Naval Reserve, Marine Corps, Marine Corps Reserve, Air Force, Air Force Reserve, Space Force, Coast Guard, Coast Guard Reserve, Army National Guard, and the Air National Guard. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 21:50
• Deploy: and "deployment" mean military service in compliance with military orders received by a member of the United States armed forces, including any reserve component thereof, to report for combat operations, contingency operations, peacekeeping operations, a remote tour of duty, or other active service for which the deploying parent is required to report unaccompanied by any family member. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 458-E:1
• Deploying parent: means a military parent who has been notified by military leadership that he or she will deploy or mobilize with the United States armed forces, including any reserve component thereof, or who is currently deployed or mobilized with the United States armed forces, including any reserve component thereof. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 458-E:1
• Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
• 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
• Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
• Military parent: means a natural parent, adoptive parent, or legal parent of a child under the age of 18 whose parental rights have not been terminated or transferred to the state or another person through a juvenile proceeding pursuant to RSA 169-B, RSA 169-C, or N. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 458-E:1
• Mobilization: and "mobilize" mean the call-up of national guard or reserve service members to extended active service. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 458-E:1
• Nondeploying parent: means a parent who is either not a member of the United States armed forces, including any reserve component thereof, or is a military parent who is currently not a deploying parent. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 458-E:1
• 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
• State active duty: means the call-up by a governor for the performance of any military duty in state status. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 458-E:1
• Temporary duty: means the transfer of a service member to a geographic location outside New Hampshire for a limited period of time to accomplish training or to assist in the performance of a noncombat mission. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 458-E:1
• Testimony: Evidence presented orally by witnesses during trials or before grand juries.
• United States: shall include said district and territories. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 21:4