Marriage & Name Change
SENATE BILL: 201
This bill provides that, upon marriage, either person may retain his or her surname prior to marriage, take
the surname of the other party, or hyphenate the surnames of both parties. A person who takes the other party’s surname also may change his or her
middle name to his or her surname prior to marriage.
1 New Paragraph:II-a.(a) Upon entering into marriage, either party may retain his or her surname prior to the marriage or change his or her surname to the surname of the other party or change the surname to a hyphenated combination of the full surnames of both parties. If a party requests a surname change under this paragraph, that party may also change his or her middle name to his or her surname prior to the marriage. Each party shall indicate on the marriage application worksheet the party’s name after marriage.(b) Provided that the change is not made for a fraudulent criminal or wrongful purpose, the name of each party after marriage as indicated on the marriage application worksheet and marriage license shall become the sole legal name of each party after marriage. If a party indicates a name change other than as described in subparagraph (a), the party shall request approval of the court.2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect January 1, 2015
Choice of names in 2015 marriages
(as of May 12, 2015)
Total marriages as of May 12, 2015 1587
Person A retains his/her name 1238 78%
Person B retains his/her name 445 28%
Both parties retain their names 212 13%
Proposed HB 681AN ACT increasing the marriage license fee.
Marriage License Fee. Amend 1 RSA 457:29 to read as follows:457:29 Marriage License Fee. The fee for the marriage license shall be [$45] $50 to be paid bythe parties entering into the marriage. The clerk shall forward [$38] $43 from each fee to thedepartment of health and human services for the purposes of RSA 173-B:15. The clerk shall retainthe remaining $7 as the fee for making the records of notice, issuing the certificate of marriage, andforwarding the [$38] $43 portion of the marriage license fee.Effective Date. July 1, 2015.
NHVRIN Abstract Table:(records keyed into NHVRIN by local registrars at the time of record issuance) • 61K Records not found in the NHVRIN
Central Database. Accessible to the place of event local registrars ONLY.
• 92% (61k of the 57k) of the Abstract Table records match DVRA’s RBASE electronic index
• Resulting in a Data upload directly into NHVRIN
• 5K records will require additional review from DVRA staff before uploading into NHVRIN data files. (adoptions, Legitimations or gross keying errors)
Record Type
Number of Records requiring data entry Birth Records:
1982 until present Death Records 1990 until present Marriage Records1989 until present Divorce Records:1990 to within 6 months of present
Records
Birth1935- 1981 414,945 80
Death1965- 1990 184,368 50
Marriage1960- 1989 260,753 55
Divorce1979- 1990 53,465 36
Total 913,531
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ANEW:• in a new or different form
REDESIGN:• to revise in appearance,
function, or content
2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 20140
2,000
4,000
6,000
8,000
10,000
12,000
14,000
16,000Births reported to New Hampshire DVRA
births
2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 20140
2,000
4,000
6,000
8,000
10,000
12,000Deaths reported to New Hampshire DVRA
deaths
2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 20140
2,000
4,000
6,000
8,000
10,000
12,000Marriages reported to New Hampshire DVRA
marriages
Opposite Gender Marriages Reported during 2014
number of heterosexual marriages 9054
youngest female 16youngest male 18oldest female 90
oldest male 94
largest age difference (older male) 37largest age difference (older female) 32
greatest number of marriages (female) 8greatest number of marriages (male) 7
Same Gender Marriages Reported during 2014
number of marriages 491male marriages 156
female marriages 335
youngest male spouse 20youngest female spouse 18
oldest male spouse 77oldest female spouse 90
largest male age difference 31largest female age difference 26
greatest number of marriages (male spouse) 3greatest number of marriages (female spouse) 5
Births Reported during 2014
youngest mother 14
youngest father 15
oldest mother 47
oldest father 69
heaviest newborn (in lbs) 12.125lightest newborn (in lbs)
and still living at time of filing 1.08
highest birth order 3
Deaths Reported during 2014
oldest male decedent 104
oldest female decedent 109
average age – natural death 77
average age – accidental death 58
average age – suicide 46
average age – homicide 42
Weight gain during pregnancy
year gain in lbs2005 33.72006 33.72007 33.52008 33.62009 33.32010 32.62011 32.32012 31.52013 31.42014 31.3
1989
1990
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
0
20
40
60
80
100
120
Number of marriages in which at least one party was under 18 years of age
number
num
ber o
f mar
riage
s
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
0
50
100
150
200
250
300
350
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450
Number of births where at least one parent was a minor
number of births
1990
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
0.00
5.00
10.00
15.00
20.00
25.00
Average length of marriage by year and by decree type
divorce legal sep annulment
1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 20140.0%
5.0%
10.0%
15.0%
20.0%
25.0%
30.0%
35.0%
percent of New Hampshire births which are Caesarean
percent Caesarean
1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 20140
20
40
60
80
100
120
number of New Hampshire death certificates where "heroin" is men-tioned
number of New Hampshire death certificates where "heroin" is mentioned
1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 20140
20
40
60
80
100
120
140
160
number of New Hampshire death certificates where "fentanyl" is mentioned anywhere on death certifi-
cate
number of New Hampshire death certificates where "fentanyl" is mentioned in Part 1, Part 2, or Item 43
Thank You
On behalf of the Staff at the Division of Vital Records Administration, we want to thank you all for your continued
attention to the details necessary when filing or issuing the legal documents with which we are entrusted.
Stephen Wurtz, State Registrar & DirectorDivision of Vital Records Administration
Department of State
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