Section 169-G:1 Review Panel. - New Hampshire Statutes

   I. A panel shall be established and shall be available to review dispositional orders of the district court and the judicial branch family division. The panel shall consist of one judge, appointed by the administrative judge of the district court and the administrative judge of the judicial branch family division, and 2 laypersons, one appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives and the other appointed by the senate president. In addition, there shall be appointed one alternate judge sitting in a different district court or judicial branch family division court, appointed by the administrative judge of the district court and the administrative judge of the judicial branch family division, and 2 laypersons who shall serve as alternates, one appointed by the speaker of the house and the other appointed by the senate president. No lay member of the review panel shall be a legislator or a person involved with the juvenile justice system either for pay or on a voluntary basis. The judge shall serve as panel chairperson. The term shall be for 3 years, and initial appointments to the review panel shall be as follows: one judge and one alternate judge for 3 years; one lay member and the alternate for 2 years; the other lay member and the other alternate for one year. The panel shall meet at such times and places as its business requires, as determined by the chairperson. The decision of 2 members, one of whom shall be a judge, is sufficient to determine any matter before the review panel. If the judicial member is not in agreement with the decisions of the other 2 members, the district court or judicial branch family division order shall remain in place. No judge may sit or act on a review of a dispositional order issued by such judge or another justice sitting in the same district court or judicial branch family division court. If the review to be acted on by the panel is a review of the dispositional order issued by the judge serving on the review panel or another justice sitting in the same district court or judicial branch family division court, or if it is inexpedient for a member to attend at the time for which a meeting is called, the panel chairperson shall notify one of the alternates to sit in place of the absent or disqualified member. The review panel may appoint a secretary-clerk, whose compensation shall be fixed by the review panel and paid by the state.
   II. As used in this chapter ""dispositional order'' means an order issued pursuant to RSA 169-B:19, RSA 169-C:19 or RSA 169-D:17 or any review, modification, or amendments to said order.

Source. 1995, 308:87. 1996, 248:7, eff. Jan. 2, 1997. 2007, 236:23, eff. Jan. 1, 2008.