{"data":{"id":"us-nh/rsa-458-26","jurisdiction":"us-nh","citation":"RSA 458:26","heading":"Legal Separation.","body":"I. In any case in which a divorce might be decreed, the superior court, on petition of either party, may decree a legal separation of the parties, which separation shall have in all respects the effect of a divorce, except that the parties shall not thereby be made free to marry any third person and except as hereinafter provided.\nII. A person concerning whom a legal separation has been decreed may file a motion to amend the decree to one of divorce. The court may then consider whether justice requires that such a change be made, and, upon such consideration, the court may, in its discretion, grant such a motion.","path":["Title XLIII: DOMESTIC RELATIONS","Chapter 458: ANNULMENT, DIVORCE AND SEPARATION","Limited Divorces"],"source_url":"https://gc.nh.gov/rsa/html/XLIII/458/458-26.htm","current_through":"2025 regular legislative session, or December 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T16:26:20Z","sha256":"a74f3f5aee38829d20475a47d1af947335fd79a4e78f8d7b7cb34f618a067783","source_id":"us-nh","stale":false,"prev":"us-nh/rsa-458-25","next":"us-nh/rsa-458-27"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}