New Hampshire Revised Statutes
Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare
Title 170-B - Adoption

Section 170-B:1 - Purpose. - Source. 2004, 255:1. 2006, 200:1, eff. July 30, 2006.

Section 170-B:2 - Definitions. - Source. 2004, 255:1. 2005, 246:1, eff. Jan. 1, 2006; 268:5,...

Section 170-B:3 - Who May Be Adopted; Requirements. - Source. 2004, 255:1, eff. Jan. 2, 2005.

Section 170-B:4 - Who May Adopt. - Source. 2004, 255:1, eff. Jan. 2, 2005. 2020, 26:1, eff....

Section 170-B:5 - Persons Required to Execute a Surrender of Parental Rights. - Source. 2004, 255:1, eff. Jan. 2, 2005.

Section 170-B:6 - Notice to Person Claiming Paternity and Hearing to Determine Right to Surrender. - Source. 2004, 255:1. 2006, 200:2, 3, eff. July 30, 2006.

Section 170-B:7 - Persons Not Required to Surrender. - Source. 2004, 255:1. 2006, 200:13, eff. July 30, 2006. 2020,...

Section 170-B:8 - Immediate Surrender Prohibited; Availability of Counseling. - Source. 2004, 255:1, eff. Jan. 2, 2005.

Section 170-B:9 - Procedure for Execution of Surrender. - Source. 2004, 255:1. 2006, 200:4, eff. July 30, 2006.

Section 170-B:10 - Content of Surrender. - Source. 2004, 255:1. 2006, 200:5, eff. July 30, 2006.

Section 170-B:11 - Consequences of Surrender. - Source. 2004, 255:1. 2006, 200:6, eff. July 30, 2006. 2020,...

Section 170-B:12 - Withdrawal of Surrender. - Source. 2004, 255:1, eff. Jan. 2, 2005.

Section 170-B:13 - Payment of Birth Parent Expenses; Penalty. - Source. 2004, 255:1, eff. Jan. 2, 2005.

Section 170-B:14 - Arrangements Between Adoptive and Birth Parents. - Source. 2004, 255:1. 2005, 246:2, eff. Jan. 1, 2006.

Section 170-B:15 - Jurisdiction, Venue, and Inconvenient Forum. - Source. 2004, 255:1, eff. Jan. 2, 2005.

Section 170-B:16 - Petition for Adoption. - Source. 2004, 255:1. 2006, 200:7. 2011, 88:20, eff. July 1,...

Section 170-B:17 - Notice of Petition. - Source. 2004, 255:1, eff. Jan. 2, 2005.

Section 170-B:18 - Assessment. - [Paragraph IV effective until conditions in 2022, 324:4 are met;...

Section 170-B:19 - Hearing. - Source. 2004, 255:1, eff. Jan. 2, 2005. 2020, 26:5, eff....

Section 170-B:20 - Dismissal of Adoption Proceedings. - Source. 2004, 255:1, eff. Jan. 2, 2005.

Section 170-B:21 - Appeals and Validation of Adoption Decrees. - Source. 2004, 255:1, eff. Jan. 2, 2005.

Section 170-B:22 - Report of Adoption. - Source. 2004, 255:1. 2006, 200:8. 2011, 88:20, eff. July 1,...

Section 170-B:23 - Confidentiality of Records. - Source. 2004, 255:1, eff. Jan. 2, 2005.

Section 170-B:24 - Requests for Identifying and Non-Identifying Information. - Source. 2004, 255:1. 2006, 200:9, eff. July 30, 2006.

Section 170-B:25 - Effect of Petition and Decree of Adoption; Inheritance. - Source. 2004, 255:1. 2006, 200:10, 11, eff. July 30, 2006....

Section 170-B:26 - Change of Name. - Source. 2004, 255:1, eff. Jan. 2, 2005.

Section 170-B:27 - Readoption. - Source. 2004, 255:1. 2006, 200:12, eff. July 30, 2006.

Section 170-B:28 - Placement of a Child From Another State or Country. - Source. 2004, 255:1, eff. Jan. 2, 2005.

Section 170-B:29 - Recognition of Foreign Decree Affecting Adoption. - Source. 2004, 255:1, eff. Jan. 2, 2005.

Section 170-B:30 - Fees and Court Costs. - Source. 2004, 255:1, eff. Jan. 2, 2005.

Section 170-B:31 - Amended Birth Certificate. - Source. 2004, 255:1, eff. Jan. 2, 2005.

Section 170-B:32 - Unauthorized Advertising for Adoption Purposes; Exceptions; Penalty. - Source. 2016, 159:1, eff. July 1, 2016.

Section 170-B:33 - Unlawful Placement of a Child for Adoption. - Source. 2016, 159:1, eff. July 1, 2016.