Bill Text: NH SB704 | 2020 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Relative to a technical change to certain appeals.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-06-16 - Vacated from Committee and Laid on Table, Motion Adopted, Voice Vote; 06/16/2020 Senate Journal 8 [SB704 Detail]
Download: New_Hampshire-2020-SB704-Introduced.html
SB 704 - AS INTRODUCED
2020 SESSION
20-2999
05/10
SENATE BILL 704
AN ACT relative to a technical change to certain appeals.
SPONSORS: Sen. Chandley, Dist 11; Sen. Hennessey, Dist 5; Sen. Carson, Dist 14; Rep. K. Murray, Rock. 24; Rep. Rodd, Merr. 6
COMMITTEE: Judiciary
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ANALYSIS
This bill removes an obsolete reference to appeal of the probate court's decision regarding the termination of parental rights. The bill provides that the appeal in such cases shall be to the supreme court.
The bill is a request of the department of health and human services.
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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.
Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]
Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
20-2999
05/10
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty
AN ACT relative to a technical change to certain appeals.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Termination of Parental Rights. Amend RSA 170-C:15 to read as follows:
170-C:15 Appeals. Any party aggrieved by any order or decree of the court may appeal [in accordance with RSA 567] to the supreme court. The pendency of an appeal, or an application therefor, shall not suspend the order of the court regarding the child.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
