Maine Revised Statutes
Part 3: PARENTS AND CHILDREN
Chapter 53: PATERNITY

Subchapter 1: PATERNITY

19-A §1551. Short title (REPEALED) - §1551. Short title (REPEALED) SECTION HISTORY PL 1995, c. 694,...

19-A §1552. Obligations of father - §1552. Obligations of father The father of a child is...

19-A §1553. Enforcement - §1553. Enforcement If paternity has been determined or has been...

19-A §1554. Limitation on recovery from father - §1554. Limitation on recovery from father The father's liabilities for...

19-A §1555. Limitations on recovery from father's estate - §1555. Limitations on recovery from father's estate The obligation of...

19-A §1556. Remedies - §1556. Remedies The District Court has jurisdiction for the enforcement...

19-A §1557. Time of trial - §1557. Time of trial If the issue of paternity is...

19-A §1558. Authority for blood or tissue-typing tests (REPEALED) - §1558. Authority for blood or tissue-typing tests (REPEALED) SECTION HISTORY...

19-A §1559. Selection of experts - §1559. Selection of experts The tests required by the court...

19-A §1560. Compensation of expert witnesses (REPEALED) - §1560. Compensation of expert witnesses (REPEALED) SECTION HISTORY PL 1995,...

19-A §1561. Effect of test results - §1561. Effect of test results 1. Effect of results. The...

19-A §1562. Rebuttal of presumption (REPEALED) - §1562. Rebuttal of presumption (REPEALED) SECTION HISTORY PL 1995, c....

19-A §1563. Admissible evidence - §1563. Admissible evidence 1. Evidence of paternity; admissible. In an...

19-A §1564. Presumption of legitimacy not applicable (REPEALED) - §1564. Presumption of legitimacy not applicable (REPEALED) SECTION HISTORY PL...

19-A §1565. Judgment - §1565. Judgment 1. Support. Judgments under this subchapter may be...

19-A §1566. Security - §1566. Security Upon motion of the plaintiff, the court at...

19-A §1567. Settlement agreements - §1567. Settlement agreements An agreement of settlement with the alleged...

19-A §1568. Venue (REPEALED) - §1568. Venue (REPEALED) SECTION HISTORY PL 1995, c. 694, §B2...

19-A §1569. Uniformity of interpretation - §1569. Uniformity of interpretation This subchapter must be interpreted and...

19-A §1570. Dismissals - §1570. Dismissals 1. Procedure. [PL 2015, c. 296, Pt. B,...

Subchapter 2: EXPEDITED PROCESS FOR THE COMMENCEMENT OF PATERNITY ACTIONS

19-A §1601. Definitions - §1601. Definitions As used in this subchapter, unless the context...

19-A §1602. Additional persons subject to jurisdiction - §1602. Additional persons subject to jurisdiction 1. Application. To ensure...

19-A §1603. Limitation on recovery from father - §1603. Limitation on recovery from father An alleged father's liability...

19-A §1604. Service - §1604. Service Service of a notice under section 1605 must...

19-A §1605. Notice of proceeding to commence an action - §1605. Notice of proceeding to commence an action 1. Notice...

19-A §1606. Court orders; relief - §1606. Court orders; relief The department may request that the...

19-A §1607. Applicability; Maine Rules of Civil Procedure, Rule 5(b) - §1607. Applicability; Maine Rules of Civil Procedure, Rule 5(b) The...

19-A §1608. Multiple alleged fathers - §1608. Multiple alleged fathers When it appears to the department...

19-A §1609. Failure of alleged father to deny paternity - §1609. Failure of alleged father to deny paternity 1. Filing...

19-A §1610. Blood or tissue-typing tests - §1610. Blood or tissue-typing tests 1. Requirement of tests. If...

19-A §1611. Refusal of alleged father to submit to blood or tissue-typing tests - §1611. Refusal of alleged father to submit to blood or...

19-A §1612. Procedures after blood or tissue-typing tests - §1612. Procedures after blood or tissue-typing tests 1. Transmittal of...

19-A §1613. Applicability; Maine Rules of Civil Procedure, Rule 12(b) - §1613. Applicability; Maine Rules of Civil Procedure, Rule 12(b) If...

19-A §1614. Acknowledgment of paternity - §1614. Acknowledgment of paternity If, prior to the filing in...

19-A §1615. Representation of department - §1615. Representation of department The commissioner may designate employees of...

19-A §1616. Voluntary acknowledgment of paternity (REPEALED) (REALLOCATED FROM TITLE 19-A, SECTION 1615) - §1616. Voluntary acknowledgment of paternity (REPEALED) (REALLOCATED FROM TITLE 19-A,...