MHHS · Protection Against Family Violence Act
8 Confidentiality
Justice must keep confidential any information relating to the
location of a claimant unless the claimant or a person acting on the
claimant's behalf consents to the giving of the information.
(1.1) Despite subsection (1), if a judge orders that the respondent
be restrained from attending at or entering the residence of the
claimant or another family member, the address of the residence
may be disclosed by the clerk of the court as part of the order or in
the transcript of the proceedings that resulted in the order being
granted.
(2) The judge may order that all or any member of the public,
other than the parties, may be excluded from any hearing under this
Act.
(3) On the request of the claimant or the respondent or on the
initiative of the judge, the judge may make an order prohibiting the
publication of a report of a hearing or any part of a hearing if the
judge believes that the publication of the report would have an
adverse effect on or cause undue hardship to the claimant or
respondent or any child of the claimant or respondent or any child
who is in the care or custody of the claimant or respondent.
RSA 2000 cP-27 s8;2006 c8 s8;AR 217/2022;AR 75/2023