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New Hampshire · Through 2025 regular legislative session, or December 2025

RSA 546-B:53-i: Foreign Support Agreement.

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  1. Title LV: PROCEEDINGS IN SPECIAL CASES
  2. Chapter ARTICLE 7: SUPPORT PROCEEDINGS UNDER CONVENTION

I. Except as otherwise provided in paragraphs III and IV, a tribunal of this state shall recognize and enforce a foreign support agreement registered in this state.

II. An application or direct request for recognition and enforcement of a foreign support agreement must be accompanied by:

(a) A complete text of the foreign support agreement; and

(b) A record stating that the foreign support agreement is enforceable as an order of support in the issuing country.

III. A tribunal of this state may vacate the registration of a foreign support agreement only if, acting on its own motion, the tribunal finds that recognition and enforcement would be manifestly incompatible with public policy.

IV. In a contest of a foreign support agreement, a tribunal of this state may refuse recognition and enforcement of the agreement if it finds:

(a) Recognition and enforcement of the agreement is manifestly incompatible with public policy;

(b) The agreement was obtained by fraud or falsification;

(c) The agreement is incompatible with a support order involving the same parties and having the same purpose in this state, another state, or a foreign country if the support order is entitled to recognition and enforcement under this chapter in this state; or

(d) The record submitted under paragraph II lacks authenticity or integrity.

V. A proceeding for recognition and enforcement of a foreign support agreement must be suspended during the pendency of a challenge to or appeal of the agreement before a tribunal of another state or a foreign country.

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