Transcript New Hampshire Department of State Division of Vital Records Administration Marriage & Name Change SENATE BILL: 201 This bill provides that, upon marriage,

New Hampshire Department of State
Division of Vital Records Administration
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 681
AN 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 by
the parties entering into the marriage. The clerk shall forward [$38] $43 from each
fee to the
department of health and human services for the purposes of RSA 173-B:15. The clerk
shall retain
the remaining $7 as the fee for making the records of notice, issuing the certificate of
marriage, and
forwarding the [$38] $43 portion of the marriage license fee.
Effective Date. July 1, 2015.
NHVRIN
Abstract Table
Data conversion
project.
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)
NHVRIN
Legacy Records
Conversion
project.
Birth Records:
1982 until present
Death Records
1990 until present
Marriage Records
1989 until present
Divorce Records:
1990 to within 6 months of present
Number of Records
requiring data entry
Record Type
Records
Birth
1935- 1981
414,945
80
Death
1965- 1990
184,368
50
Marriage
1960- 1989
260,753
55
Divorce
1979- 1990
53,465
36
Total
913,531
NHVRIN
Reengineer
Or
Replace
REENGINEER:
• to engineer again or,
• Anew,
• Redesign,
to reorganize the operations of…………….
ANEW:
• in a new or different form
REDESIGN:
• to revise in appearance,
function, or content
Reengineering
NHVRIN
Division of Vital Records Administration
Selected Statistics
Births reported to New Hampshire DVRA
16,000
14,000
12,000
10,000
8,000
6,000
4,000
2,000
0
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
births
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
Deaths reported to New Hampshire DVRA
12,000
10,000
8,000
6,000
4,000
2,000
0
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
deaths
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
Marriages reported to New Hampshire DVRA
12,000
10,000
8,000
6,000
4,000
2,000
0
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
marriages
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
Opposite Gender
Marriages Reported during 2014
number of heterosexual marriages
9054
youngest female
youngest male
oldest female
oldest male
16
18
90
94
largest age difference (older male)
largest age difference (older female)
37
32
greatest number of marriages (female)
greatest number of marriages (male)
8
7
Same Gender
Marriages Reported during 2014
number of marriages
male marriages
female marriages
491
156
335
youngest male spouse
youngest female spouse
oldest male spouse
oldest female spouse
20
18
77
90
largest male age difference
largest female age difference
31
26
greatest number of marriages (male spouse)
greatest number of marriages (female spouse)
3
5
Births Reported during 2014
youngest mother
14
youngest father
15
oldest mother
47
oldest father
69
heaviest newborn (in lbs)
lightest newborn (in lbs)
12.125
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
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
gain in lbs
33.7
33.7
33.5
33.6
33.3
32.6
32.3
31.5
31.4
31.3
2014
2013
2012
2011
2010
2009
2008
2007
2006
2005
2004
2003
2002
2001
2000
1999
1998
1997
1996
1995
1994
1993
1992
1991
1990
1989
number of marriages
Number of marriages in which at least
one party was under 18 years of age
120
100
80
60
number
40
20
0
Number of births where at least one parent was a minor
450
400
350
300
250
200
150
100
50
number of births
2014
2013
2012
2011
2010
2009
2008
2007
2006
2005
2004
2003
2002
2001
2000
1999
1998
1997
1996
1995
0
Average length of marriage by year and by decree type
25.00
20.00
15.00
10.00
5.00
divorce
legal sep
annulment
2014
2013
2012
2011
2010
2009
2008
2007
2006
2005
2004
2003
2002
2001
2000
1999
1998
1997
1996
1995
1994
1993
1992
1991
1990
0.00
percent of New Hampshire births which are Caesarean
35.0%
30.0%
25.0%
20.0%
15.0%
10.0%
5.0%
0.0%
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
percent Caesarean
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
number of New Hampshire death certificates where "heroin" is
mentioned
120
100
80
60
40
20
0
1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014
number of New Hampshire death certificates where "heroin" is mentioned
number of New Hampshire death certificates where
"fentanyl" is mentioned anywhere on death certificate
160
140
120
100
80
60
40
20
0
1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014
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 & Director
Division of Vital Records Administration
Department of State