Section 161-C:4 Creation of Support Debt. - New Hampshire Statutes

   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. 1996, 297:2, eff. June 10, 1996.