New Hampshire

What “pattern” means here

RSA 173-B:1 has long reached a pattern of conduct. HB 1522 (2026) aligns expert-witness practice with forensic pattern analysis: examples in the statute are not quantitative thresholds. A calibrated recurrence floor belongs in the method, not in the statute.

Statutes

• N.H. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 173-B:1

  Pattern of conduct in the domestic-violence definition.

• New Hampshire HB 1522 (2026)

  Expert-witness alignment with forensic coercive-control pattern analysis.

Expert standard

Confirm the forum's reliability standard (Daubert, Frye, Sargon, or the local equivalent).

What Carlton Research can speak to

Carlton Research can speak to pattern analysis (coercive control breadth, depth, escalation, entrapment, and more). Research is built to the evidentiary rules of the jurisdiction that will hear it. Carlton Research does not recommend parenting time or custody. Research establishes whether a pattern of coercive control is present. Inquire about specific testimony requests or speaking engagements.

The statute lists examples. It does not codify 3×3. Do not read a floor into the session law.