CHAPTER 161-C ALTERNATIVE METHOD OF SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT FOR DEPENDENT CHILDREN
Support Debt
Section 161-C:8
161-C:8 Notice and Determination of Financial Responsibility Where no Legal Order Exists. –
I. If no legal order of support exists the department may, by service on the responsible parent of a notice of hearing and finding of financial responsibility and by hearing and other procedures set forth below, require a responsible parent to appear and show cause in a hearing held by the commissioner why the finding of responsibility or the amount thereof, or both, is incorrect, should not be finally ordered or should be rescinded or modified. The commissioner after hearing shall establish a periodic payment to satisfy the responsible parent's support obligation under the laws of this state, establish the debt accrued or accruing, or both, under RSA 161-C:4, and establish a periodic payment to satisfy that debt.
II. The commissioner shall serve the notice of hearing and finding of financial responsibility not less than 20 days before the date of the hearing.
III. The notice shall contain:
(a) The amount the department has determined the responsible parent owes;
(b) A statement of the debt accrued or accruing, or both, under RSA 161-C:4 and periodic support payments in the future, all computable on the basis of the amount of the monthly public assistance payment previously paid, or need alleged and the ability of the responsible parent to pay all or any portion of the amount so paid or being paid or to be paid, or any combination thereof;
(c) A statement of the periodic public assistance, where appropriate; and
(d) A statement of the name of the recipient of public assistance and the names of the dependent children.