New Hampshire Revised Statutes
N.H. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 161-C:4 (2026)
Creation of Support Debt
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161-C:4 Creation of Support Debt. –
I. Any payment of public assistance made to or for the benefit of a dependent child creates a debt due and owing to the department by any responsible parent. Except as otherwise provided in RSA 161-C:5, the amount of the debt shall be equal to the calculation of a weekly child support obligation derived in accordance with RSA 458-C:3 as applied to the responsible parent's current income, multiplied by the number of weeks that public assistance was paid or the total amount of public assistance that was paid, whichever is less.
II. The court may consider the extenuating circumstances in RSA 458-C:5 when calculating the support debt to be paid by a responsible parent.
III. Any child support payments pursuant to a legal order of support which remain unpaid create a debt due and owing by the responsible parent in an amount equal to the amount of unpaid support.
I. Any payment of public assistance made to or for the benefit of a dependent child creates a debt due and owing to the department by any responsible parent. Except as otherwise provided in RSA 161-C:5, the amount of the debt shall be equal to the calculation of a weekly child support obligation derived in accordance with RSA 458-C:3 as applied to the responsible parent's current income, multiplied by the number of weeks that public assistance was paid or the total amount of public assistance that was paid, whichever is less.
II. The court may consider the extenuating circumstances in RSA 458-C:5 when calculating the support debt to be paid by a responsible parent.
III. Any child support payments pursuant to a legal order of support which remain unpaid create a debt due and owing by the responsible parent in an amount equal to the amount of unpaid support.
Source. 1977, 589:1. 1985, 331:8. 1994, 188:1. 1995, 310:175. 1996, 297:2, eff. June 10, 1996.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 5
cases, 1986–2007 · leading case: In Re State & Est. of Crabtree, 926 A.2d 825 (N.H. 2007).
In Re State & Est. of Crabtree, 926 A.2d 825 (N.H. 2007). “See RSA 161-C:4, I. Chapter 161-C provides, in pertinent part: I.”
New Hampshire Div. of Human Servs. ex rel. Hahn v. Hahn, 584 A.2d 775 (N.H. 1990). “See RSA 161-C:4, II and RSA 161-C:7, II. Because the trial judge did not make a determination as to the father’s alleged delinquency, we remand the case to the superior court for a determination of that factual issue.”
State v. Weeks, 590 A.2d 614 (N.H. 1991). “This comports with RSA 161-C:4, which states that “any payment of public assistance made to or for the benefit of a dependent child creates a debt due and owing to the division by any *243 responsible parent in an amount equal to the amount of public assistance so paid.”
State v. Dionne, 557 A.2d 653 (N.H. 1989). “2d 816 (1986), however, we explained in considered dictum that Truell had no application to an action brought under RSA 161-C:4 *632 (Supp. 1988) to obtain reimbursement for basic child support.”
Clarke v. Clarke, 517 A.2d 816 (N.H. 1986). “See RSA 161-C:4, I (Supp. 1985). The Superior Court (Murphy, J.”
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