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New Hampshire Cases "When determining matters of custody and visitation, a trial court's overriding concern is the best interest of the child. In doing so, the trial court has wide discretion, and we will not overturn its determination except where there has been an unsustainable exercise of discretion."

A presumption exists that all court records are subject to public inspection. The public right of access to specific court records must be weighed and balanced against nondisclosure interests as established by the Federal and/or New Hampshire Constitution or by statutory provision granting or requiring confidentiality.

The parent have continuously neglected or failed to provide the child with necessary education or medical care for mental, emotional or physical health problems. This does not include parents who financially cannot afford treatment, but rather parents who refuse to give their child proper care.

By establishing paternity your child benefits: Financially, through qualifying for child support, certain disability benefits, and inheritance rights. Medically, through rights to any healthcare benefits and his medical information. Emotionally, through a sense of identity and security.

It shall be presumed that the parent intends to abandon the child who has been left by his parent without provision for his identification or who has been left by his parent in the care and custody of another without any provision for his support, or without communication from such parent for a period of 6 months.