Section 161-C:5 Limitation of Debt. - New Hampshire Statutes

The following limitations shall apply to the debt created by RSA 161-C:4.
   I. (a) An order of support, for which there is in effect an assignment to the department of health and human services pursuant to RSA 161-C:22, shall be suspended and shall not accrue, and no public assistance debt shall be incurred, during such time as the responsible parent receives benefits pursuant to Title XVI of the Social Security Act under the supplemental security income program or public assistance pursuant to RSA 167 under any of the following programs:
         (1) Aid to the permanently and totally disabled.
         (2) Aid to the needy blind.
         (3) Aid to families with dependent children.
         (4) Old age assistance.
      (b) A debt previously incurred under RSA 161-C:4 shall not be collected from any responsible parent while that parent receives public assistance through any of the programs listed in RSA 161-C:5, I(a).
      (c) The department shall not enforce any order of support against the responsible parent while that parent receives public assistance through any of the programs listed in RSA 161-C:5, I(a), whether or not an assignment of support rights to the department exists.
   II. Upon entry of a legal order for support obligating a responsible parent to pay child support for the benefit of his or her dependent children for whom public assistance is paid, and for so long as such legal order for support remains in effect, the responsible parent shall not be responsible for additional public assistance payments.
   III. When a periodic support payment has been established under RSA 161-C:8 the debt shall be limited to the amount stated in the decision.

Source. 1977, 589:1. 1985, 331:22. 1994, 188:2, 3. 1996, 297:3, eff. June 10, 1996.