HB 1305  - AS INTRODUCED

2022 SESSION

22-2648

07/10

HOUSE BILL 1305

AN ACT relative to temporary alimony.

SPONSORS: Rep. DeSimone, Rock. 14; Rep. Potucek, Rock. 6; Rep. Moffett, Merr. 9

COMMITTEE: Children and Family Law

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ANALYSIS

This bill modifies the definition of temporary alimony that a court may award in a pending divorce case.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

22-2648

07/10

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Two

AN ACT relative to temporary alimony.

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

1  Annulment, Divorce and Separation; Alimony; Definitions; Temporary Alimony.  Amend RSA 458:19, XIV to read as follows:

XIV.  "Temporary alimony" means periodic support payments to or on behalf of a spouse while a case is pending and ending on the effective date of the divorce, legal separation, or annulment.  Such alimony shall not be [counted toward or] subject to [either the formula or] the duration limits in RSA 458:19-a, [III, unless the court finds that the temporary alimony was of unusually long duration] but shall be subject to the formula limits in RSA 458:19-a II, unless a party seeking temporary alimony pleads, and a court finds that immediate, irreparable economic harm would result if the percentage formula were applied.  The court shall make written findings supporting its order.

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