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Custody

Laws current as of July 17, 2024

Who gets sent to mediation?

If you and the other parent disagree about your rights, responsibilities, or your child’s grandparents’ visitation rights—including requests to change past orders—the court can require you to go to mediation. If mediation is ordered, it will cover all related issues, like child support, dividing property, and alimony, unless the court says otherwise.1

You or the other parent may also ask the judge for mediation. This could be done at the first hearing after a divorce or parenting case is filed. If your request is approved, you will receive a notice appointing a mediator to your case. The notice will state the date, time, and means of mediation, and what you must bring to mediation.2

1 N.H. Rev. Stat. § 461-A:7(III)
2 See the New Hampshire Judicial Branch website

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