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NH HB1229
Bill
Status
Engrossed
3/6/2026
Primary Sponsor
Jay Markell
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AI Summary
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Requires courts to enforce agreements where parties waive rights to past, present, or future alimony, giving such waivers full legal effect
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Alimony waivers can only be invalidated if proven by preponderance of evidence to result from coercion, deceit, duress, fraud, mutual mistake, material misrepresentation, or supervening illegality
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Waivers may also be invalidated if enforcement would be unconscionable
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Adds new paragraph VII to RSA 458:19-a governing term and reimbursement alimony
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Effective date: January 1, 2027
Legislative Description
Relative to waivers of alimony.
Last Action
Hearing: 03/19/2026, Room 100, State House, 10:30 am; Senate Calendar 10
3/12/2026
Committee Referrals
Children and Family Law3/6/2026
Children and Family Law12/1/2025
Full Bill Text
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