{"data":{"id":"us-nh/rsa-170-c-5-a","jurisdiction":"us-nh","citation":"RSA 170-C:5-a","heading":"Termination of the Parent-Child Relationship in Cases of Sexual Assault.","body":"A petition for termination of the parent-child relationship shall be granted in cases where the child's birth is the result of sexual assault of the birth mother and where termination of the parent-child relationship is in the best interests of the child. Upon a showing, beyond a reasonable doubt, that the child's birth is the result of sexual assault of the birth mother, there shall be a rebuttable presumption that termination of the biological father's parent-child relationship with the child is in the best interest of the child. This section shall apply to a person who has been found to be the father of a child and who:\nI. Has been convicted of or who has pled guilty or nolo contendere to a violation of sexual assault as defined in RSA 632-A:2 through RSA 632-A:4, or a similar statute in another state against the birth mother for his conduct in fathering the child; or\nII. At a fact-finding hearing, is found beyond a reasonable doubt to have fathered the child through an act of non-consensual sexual penetration.","path":["Title XII: PUBLIC SAFETY AND WELFARE","Chapter 170-C: TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS"],"source_url":"https://gc.nh.gov/rsa/html/XII/170-C/170-C-5-a.htm","current_through":"2025 regular legislative session, or December 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T13:52:20Z","sha256":"4c4dc53643c01802c3c4a8432669b6a6b87a9a974218db7279bf7acac0adc3df","source_id":"us-nh","stale":false,"prev":"us-nh/rsa-170-c-5","next":"us-nh/rsa-170-c-6"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}