CHAPTER 114

HB 1303 - FINAL VERSION

2022 SESSION

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HOUSE BILL 1303

AN ACT relative to causes for absolute divorce.

SPONSORS: Rep. DeSimone, Rock. 14; Rep. Potucek, Rock. 6

COMMITTEE: Children and Family Law

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ANALYSIS

This bill revises the grounds for absolute divorce in the case of habitual drunkenness to include drug abuse.

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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

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STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Two

AN ACT relative to causes for absolute divorce.

Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:

114:1  Annulment, Divorce and Separation; Absolute Divorce, Generally; Drug and Alcohol Abuse.  RSA 458:7, VII is repealed and reenacted to read as follows:

VII.  When either party habitually abuses alcohol or drugs and has been doing so for 2 or more years together.

114:2  Effective Date.  This act shall take effect January 1, 2023.

Approved: May 27, 2022

Effective Date: January 01, 2023