New Hampshire Child Custody & New Hampshire Child Support

UPDATED: Jul 14, 2021

Advertiser Disclosure

It’s all about you. We want to help you make the right legal decisions.

We strive to help you make confident insurance and legal decisions. Finding trusted and reliable insurance quotes and legal advice should be easy. This doesn’t influence our content. Our opinions are our own.

UPDATED: Jul 14, 2021Fact Checked

Get Legal Help Today

Find the right lawyer for your legal issue.

secured lock Secured with SHA-256 Encryption

Jeffrey Johnson

Insurance Lawyer

Jeffrey Johnson is a legal writer with a focus on personal injury. He has worked on personal injury and sovereign immunity litigation in addition to experience in family, estate, and criminal law. He earned a J.D. from the University of Baltimore and has worked in legal offices and non-profits in Maryland, Texas, and North Carolina. He has also earned an MFA in screenwriting from Chapman Univer...

Insurance Lawyer

UPDATED: Jul 14, 2021

Advertiser Disclosure

It’s all about you. We want to help you make the right legal decisions.

We strive to help you make confident insurance and legal decisions. Finding trusted and reliable insurance quotes and legal advice should be easy. This doesn’t influence our content. Our opinions are our own.

Editorial Guidelines: We are a free online resource for anyone interested in learning more about legal topics and insurance. Our goal is to be an objective, third-party resource for everything legal and insurance related. We update our site regularly, and all content is reviewed by experts.

UPDATED: Jul 14, 2021

Advertiser Disclosure

It’s all about you. We want to help you make the right legal decisions.

We strive to help you make confident insurance and legal decisions. Finding trusted and reliable insurance quotes and legal advice should be easy. This doesn’t influence our content. Our opinions are our own.

UPDATED: Jul 14, 2021Fact Checked

Just as family courts around the nation do, New Hampshire courts strongly advocate that divorcing parents work together and compromise on a solution for raising their children after the divorce. If the parents are unable to come to such an agreement, the courts will step in and decide issues of child support, child custody, and visitation. In doing so, the courts will promote the best interests of the children in coming to a determination. The following headings discuss New Hampshire laws governing child custody and support.

New Hampshire Child Custody:

As mentioned above, New Hampshire courts determine all custody issues as a function of the best interests of the children. The courts will consider all relevant facts and give the father and mother the same consideration regardless of the child’s sex or age. Either a sole or joint custody decision will be reached. The factors the court will consider include, among others: children’s age, their health, their wishes, the parental roles, and any other needs of the children.

New Hampshire Child Support:

Child support in New Hampshire is determined in accordance with the “Income Shares Model” for child support, where each parent’s income is considered in relative proportion. The support amounts calculated from each parent then help decide which parent must pay the other in order to maintain the correct proportion and provide for the needs of the child.

These guidelines are not always followed, but a decision to follow a different standard will require supportive evidence showing 1) all the factors that affect the parties’ financial obligations differently, and 2) how applying a different standard from the Income Shares Model will more effectively preserve the best interests of the child.

The factors that can be considered here are numerous, including, but not limited to:

  • Monetary support provided for other family members;
  • Debts arising for the benefit of the child during the marriage;
  • Imputed income to a party who is voluntarily unemployed for the child’s benefit;
  • Court-ordered payments for health care or education for the child’s benefit;
  • Children’s independent financial resources, if any;
  • Education, training, and/or career opportunities of the parties, and/or ability to pursue those things;
  • A written agreement between the parties on the amount of child support.

A lawyer can help you understand what your rights and responsibilities are in regards to raising children after divorce, as well as serve as your advocate and/or counsel when negotiating a parenting agreement. You can find a lawyer at:

New Hampshire Divorce/Child Support/Child Custody Lawyers:
Find an experienced New Hampshire Divorce Attorney at AttorneyPages.com
Find an experienced New Hampshire Child Support or Custody Lawyer at AttorneyPages.com
How a Family Lawyer Can Help

New Hampshire Divorce Laws: Click below to find the New Hampshire Divorce information you’re looking for:
New Hampshire Divorce Law, Lawyers & Attorneys
New Hampshire Divorce & Separation
New Hampshire Divorce & Finances
New Hampshire Divorce Laws & Resources

Get Legal Help Today

Find the right lawyer for your legal issue.

secured lock Secured with SHA-256 Encryption

Jeffrey Johnson

Insurance Lawyer

Jeffrey Johnson is a legal writer with a focus on personal injury. He has worked on personal injury and sovereign immunity litigation in addition to experience in family, estate, and criminal law. He earned a J.D. from the University of Baltimore and has worked in legal offices and non-profits in Maryland, Texas, and North Carolina. He has also earned an MFA in screenwriting from Chapman Univer...

Insurance Lawyer

Editorial Guidelines: We are a free online resource for anyone interested in learning more about legal topics and insurance. Our goal is to be an objective, third-party resource for everything legal and insurance related. We update our site regularly, and all content is reviewed by experts.

Get Legal Help Today

Find the right lawyer for your legal issue.

secured lock Secured with SHA-256 Encryption