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Senate adopts committee amendment and sends parental-alienation bill to finance after contested debate
Summary
After committee amendment exemptions were adopted, the New Hampshire Senate voted by voice to order House Bill 13-23 (parental alienation) to the Committee on Finance amid a contentious floor debate about risks to domestic-violence survivors and the timing of court hearings.
The New Hampshire Senate adopted the committee amendment to House Bill 13-23 and ordered the bill to the Committee on Finance after a pointed debate over whether the bill could harm survivors of domestic violence.
The bill, described to the chamber by Senator Abbas as defining parental alienation "to mean a pattern of behavior damaging the relationship between a child and family member," would give courts a statutory standard to consider in parental-rights cases. The committee amendment adopted on the floor…
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