requiring marital masters, arbitrators, mediators, and judicial referees to be commissioned as a justice of peace as a qualification for such positions.

Summary

The bill would make it a condition for serving as a marital master, arbitrator, mediator, or judicial referee that the individual first obtain a commission as a New Hampshire justice of the peace and renew it every five years. It also obliges them to take the constitutional oath for justices of the peace, with dismissal for violations. The measure was deemed “inexpedient to legislate” and did not pass.

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