New Hampshire § 170-C:13 Fees and Court Costs

New Hampshire Statutes

§ 170-C:13 — Fees and Court Costs

New Hampshire § 170-C:13

Title XIIPUBLIC SAFETY AND WELFARE

Ch. 170-CTERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS

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Bluebook

N.H. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 170-C:13 (2026).

Text

I.The petitioner shall pay all entry fees and court costs including costs of giving notice, costs of advertising, and court-appointed guardian ad litem fees. The court, however, may waive entry fees and court costs where payment would work a hardship on the petitioner. Where the court waives payment by the petitioner, the state, through the court system, shall pay court costs. The judicial council shall pay the cost of a CASA guardian ad litem appointed for the child or other guardian ad litem in cases arising from an underlying abuse and neglect proceeding when the state is the moving party or in cases where payment would work a hardship on the petitioner. The cost of such appointment, including counsel and investigative, expert, or other services and expenses necessary to provide adequa

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I. The petitioner shall pay all entry fees and court costs including costs of giving notice, costs of advertising, and court-appointed guardian ad litem fees. The court, however, may waive entry fees and court costs where payment would work a hardship on the petitioner. Where the court waives payment by the petitioner, the state, through the court system, shall pay court costs. The judicial council shall pay the cost of a CASA guardian ad litem appointed for the child or other guardian ad litem in cases arising from an underlying abuse and neglect proceeding when the state is the moving party or in cases where payment would work a hardship on the petitioner. The cost of such appointment, including counsel and investigative, expert, or other services and expenses necessary to provide adequate representation, shall be paid from funds appropriated for indigent defense pursuant to RSA 604-A.
II. The department of health and human services is exempted from paying any entry fees and court costs.
III. When appointment of counsel is made by the court pursuant to RSA 170-C:10 for a parent determined to be financially unable to employ counsel, the court shall determine if the party is indigent. Upon determination that the party is indigent, the court may appoint counsel. The judicial council shall bear the financial responsibility for the payment of costs for attorneys appointed pursuant to RSA 170-C:10. The cost of such appointment, including counsel and investigative, expert, or other services and expenses necessary to provide adequate representation, shall be paid from funds appropriated for indigent defense pursuant to RSA 604-A. Counsel shall petition the court for investigative, expert, or other services necessary to provide adequate representation. If the court finds that such services are necessary and that the parent is financially unable to obtain them, the court shall authorize counsel to obtain the necessary services on behalf of the parent. Services authorized under this section shall not include the payment of expenses that are the responsibility of any other agency pursuant to RSA 169-C or this chapter.
IV. Any person subject to a court order for reimbursement pursuant to this section may petition the court to vacate such order.

Legislative History

1973, 523:1. 1983, 291:1. 1986, 223:7. 1987, 333:1. 1994, 212:2. 1995, 310:181. 2002, 9:5. 2011, 224:78. 2013, 104:2, eff. July 1, 2013. 2021, 207:2, Pt. V, Sec. 1, eff. Oct. 9, 2021. 2025, 141:220, eff. July 1, 2025.