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Recent updates:

• Update: March 2025

  Dear Subscriber:

  Thank you for choosing to keep your copy of A Practical Guide to Divorce in New Hampshire current with this 2025 edition. This edition contains updated information, including the following:

  • Motions for temporary orders. See chapter 5 for new practice guidance and cautions as to court orders regarding the exchange of exhibits prior to a hearing.

  • Marital assets defined See chapters 6 and 8 for comments regarding the division of the marital estate, along with discussion of a 2024 case addressing a two-step analysis for determining which assets constitute marital property under N.H. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 458:16-a, I, and exercising the court's discretion to equitably distribute those assets pursuant to N.H. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 458:17-1, II.

  • Discovery. Chapter 7 includes comments regarding Rule 1.25-A(D) and its authorization of the court to impose severe sanctions on a party for failing to comply with mandatory initial self-disclosure. The chapter provides examples of sanctions.

  • Alimony and the interplay with child support. Chapter 8 provides new commentary on deductions from the alimony payor's income and included in the payee's income prior to the time that the statutory percentage is calculated on the difference in monthly income. Citation to a 2024 decision is supplied.

  • Deviations from child support guidelines. Chapter 10 addresses the use of the parenting schedule. It discusses the situation where the parties have a substantially shared or approximately equal parenting schedule and no extraordinary circumstances, and the impact of that situation on the child support order.

  • Addiction to substances and the impact on parenting plans. Chapter 11 discusses the New Hampshire Supreme Court's recent (2024) consideration of evidence of a party's sobriety in relation to their request to modify the parenting plan. It cites a case where the court held that denial of a parent's request to expand their parenting time could not be based solely on concerns over the parent's sobriety.

  • Use of experts; valuation. Chapter 13 cites a case finding that, even if experts do testify with regard to estate valuation, the trial court has discretion to formulate its own valuation calculation.

  We at MCLE trust that you will find this new material useful in your family law practice and valuable in maintaining your law library.

  Cordially,

  MCLE Press

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 expand

How to Assist Tenants Denied Housing Related to CORI

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, Community Legal Aid / Hampshire County

Exhibit 1A

- Sample CORI Advocacy Memorandum (Drugs) Buy Form

Exhibit 1B

- Sample CORI Advocacy Memorandum (Violence) Buy Form

Exhibit 1C

- Sample CORI Advocacy Memorandum (Reasonable Accommodation Request) Buy Form

Chapter 2 expand

Motor Vehicle Issues Related to Drug, OUI, and Other Criminal Cases

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Neil A. Scannell, Esq., Registry of Motor Vehicles Division, MassDOT, Commonwealth of Massachusetts

Exhibit 2A

- Request for Driving History Buy Form

Exhibit 2B

- Request for Personal Information in RMV Records Buy Form

Exhibit 2C

- 24D Hardship Criteria Buy Form

Exhibit 2D

- List of OUI Programs Buy Form

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Employment

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Patricia A. Washienko, Esq., Washienko Law Group LLC
Allison L. Williard, Esq., Washienko Law Group LLC

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Sex Offender Registry and Notification

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Mimi N. Wong, Esq., Commenwealth of Massachusetts, Sex Offender Registry Board

Exhibit 4A

- Chart of Thirty Sex Offenses Buy Form

Exhibit 4B

- SORB Classification Worksheet Buy Form

Exhibit 4C

- Request for Sex Offender Registry Information Form Buy Form

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DNA Registry

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Susanne Reardon, Esq., MA Attorney General's Office
Matthew J. Tuttle, Esq.,

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Sexually Dangerous Persons/Civil Commitment

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Ellyn H. Lazar, Esq., Worcester District Attorney's Office, Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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Firearm Licensing

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Julie M. Tolek, Esq., Dilworth IP

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Consequences of Criminal Convictions for the Noncitizen

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Jennifer Klein, Esq., Committee for Public Counsel Services

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License to Practice Law

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Richard C. Abati, Esq., Office of Bar Counsel, Massachusetts Board of Bar Overseers

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Judges and Clerk-Magistrates

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Lynn S. Muster, Esq., New England Law

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Licensing of Physicians

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Sean E. Capplis, Esq., Capplis, Connors & Carroll, PC
Sandra P. Wysocki Capplis, Esq., Capplis, Connors & Carroll, PC

Exhibit 11A

- Federal Health Care Exclusion Notice Buy Form

Exhibit 11B

- OIG Program Exclusion Authorities Buy Form

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Other Occupational Licenses

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Christopher N. Carroll, Esq.,
George K. Weber, Esq., Northeast Legal Aid/Lawrence

Exhibit 12A

- Licensing Boards: Guide to Authorities Buy Form

Exhibit 12B

- Disciplinary Terms and Outcomes Used at the Division Buy Form

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Insurance Coverage

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Owen P. McGowan, Esq., McGowan & Associates

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Federal Sentencing Enhancements

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Aliza H. Bloom,

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Massachusetts State Sentencing Enhancements

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Tracy A. Miner, Esq., Miner Siddall, LLP

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Pardons and Commutations

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Afton M. Templin, Esq., Committee for Public Counsel Services, Youth Advocacy Division
Mara Voukydis, Esq., Committee for Public Counsel Services, Youth Advocacy Division

Exhibit 16A

- Relevant Executive Clemency Statutes Buy Form

Exhibit 16B

- Executive Clemency Regulations Buy Form

Exhibit 16C

- Governor’s Executive Clemency Guidelines Buy Form

Exhibit 16D

- Petition for Pardon Relief Buy Form

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- Petition for Commutation Buy Form

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Postconviction Relief: Motion to Revise and Revoke, Motion for New Trial/Vacate Plea, and Motion for Required Finding of Not Guilty

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Exhibit 17A

- Sample Motion to Vacate Convictions Buy Form

Exhibit 17B

- Sample Motion to Revise and Revoke Buy Form

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Public Employee Retirement Benefits

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Hon. Melinda E. Troy, Division of Administrative Law Appeals, Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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