NH Legislature Passes College Costs Bill

	posted by Scott on Thursday January 08, @09:58AM from the news dept.
	On January 7, 2004, the NH Senate passed HB 299. This bill removes judicial discretion to order a divorced parent to contribute to an adult child's college expenses. At least two fathers in NH have been jailed for not being able to pay their children's college tuition. You can read about one man's story here. Once the bill is signed by the governor, this should never happen again. This bill is a huge win for us in returning common sense to the child support system. Married parents aren't required by law to pay their children's college expenses, and divorced parents should not be treated differently.

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Rep. Bickford, our greatest asset. (Score:1) by Scott (scott@mensactivism.org) on Thursday January 08, @10:15AM EST (#1) (User #3 Info) As you can see from both links above, Rep. David Bickford was quoted in the article about the man who was jailed and was the primary sponsor of HB 299. For people who want to do something like this in their own states, I can't emphasise enough how important it is to make friends in the legislature. David has sponsored a number of father's rights bills and the men's commission legislation. While not everything has passed, some bills have, and most importantly, other legislators are finally starting to recognize "those father's rights people" as a constituency that they need to pay attention to. So, learn about your state's political system and get involved! It takes time, but this is one of the most satisfying ways of getting real results and improving the lives of men. Scott

Re:Rep. Bickford, our greatest asset. (Score:1) by Ron on Wednesday January 21, @10:50AM EST (#3) (User #1532 Info) How do we know when the bill has been signed? I would like to petition the court soon. Thanks

Re:Rep. Bickford, our greatest asset. (Score:1) by Ron2004 on Tuesday February 03, @10:02PM EST (#5) (User #1554 Info) signed right here.... 2/2/2004 http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/ie/billstatus/bill docketpwr.asp

NH HB 1312 Being voted on Feb. 10 Please call now! (Score:1) by Ron2004 on Wednesday February 04, @10:49AM EST (#6) (User #1554 Info) This is a NH bill being voted on now. This bill removes the court's discretion to order child support, or payment of educational expenses, for adult children. This Bill is the sister of HB 299 which already passed Jan. 7th and was signed into law Feb 2nd by the governor. Please call the below committee members to HELP get this bill passed. Thanks. ----- Original Message ----- From: David Bickford To: Ron2004 Sent: Tuesday, February 03, 2004 11:40 PM Subject: Re: HB 299 Thank you! The bill to end child support is HB 1312. "Unless the court or other body empowered by law to issue and modify support orders specifies differently" must be removed from the statute to end child support for adult children in college.   We need to call representatives of the House Child and Family Law Committee and ask them to pass it. The committee plans on voting on it Feb. 10, 2004. The members are as follows:   Child & Family Law Committee Edward P. Moran, Chair 19 Ministerial Rd Bedford, NH 03110 tel. # 472-5912 Karen K. McRae 469 Black Brook Rd Goffstown, NH 03045-2931 497-2186 Julie M. Brown 414 Lilac City E Rochester, NH 03867-4552 332-1084 Thomas I. Arnold Jr. 10 Milford St Brookline, NH 03033-2446 673-4137 TIArnold@yahoo.com David A. Bickford 183 Brackett Rd New Durham, NH 03855-2329 859-7899 david1@worldpath.net Gary C. Greenberg 145 McQuesten St Manchester, NH 03102-5207 627-4484 staterepgg@aol.com David M. Bouchard 22 Tamarack St Hudson, NH 03051-4735 883-4317 repbouchard@aol.com Daniel C. Itse PO Box 70 Fremont, NH 03044-0070 642-5713 itsenh@comcast.net Carolyn M. Gargasz PO Box 1223 Hollis, NH 03049-1223 465-7463 cgargasz@cs.com Cynthia J. Dokmo PO Box 577 Amherst, NH 03031-0577 673-0395 cyndokmo@aol.com Margaret D. Hallyburton PO Box 173 Mont Vernon, NH 03057-0173 654-2326 marge.hallyburton@leg.state.nh.us Janet F. Allen 161 Colbath Rd Ctr Barnstead, NH 03225-3414 269-6313 janet.allen@leg.state.nh.us Elizabeth D. Blanchard 61 Washington St Penacook, NH 03303-1525 753-4039 lizblanchard@earthlink.net Irene A. Pratt 66 Clark Rd Winchester, NH 03470-2201 239-4597 David C. Allison RR 2 Box 889 Cornish, NH 03745-9743 543-3481 dcallison@surfglobal.net Barbara Hull. Richardson 101 Morgan Rd Richmond, NH 03470-4909 239-8346 Lionel W. Johnson 276 Central St Manchester, NH 03103-4744 668-4486 Anne C. Grassie 9 Central Ave Rochester, NH 03867-2718 332-8562 grassie@usa.net Mary Stuart. Gile 35 Penacook St Concord, NH 03301-4518 224-2278

Outstanding (Score:1) by LSBeene on Friday January 09, @02:45AM EST (#2) (User #1387 Info) Score one for Fathers. Hey Scott, tell David Bickford that he has the heartfelt thanks of men out there. Hell, use me as an example: I aint in NH, I aint got kids, I aint divorced, but I DO think his efforts are downright heroic. Bravo and kudos to him (am I actually cheering on a politician? Where are my meds?) Steven Guerilla Gender Warfare is just Hate Speech in polite text

How do we know when HB 299 is signed by Governor? (Score:1) by Ron2004 on Tuesday February 03, @09:55PM EST (#4) (User #1554 Info) Does the bill cover not having to pay child support if the child lives at home with the parent and commutes to college? In the past I understood that if the child lived with a parent while going to college the non-custodial parent still had to keep paying support throughout college?

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