Maine Revised Statutes Title 19-A. Domestic Relations § 1912. Authority to deny requested order for genetic testing or admission of test results or to consider other factors when adjudicating parentage

A. The conduct of the parties estops a party from denying parentage; or

B. It would be an inequitable interference to the relationship between the child and a parent or otherwise contrary to the best interest of the child.

A. The length of time between the proceeding to adjudicate parentage and the time that a parent was placed on notice that genetic parentage is at issue;

B. The length of time during which the parent has assumed a parental role for the child;

C. The facts surrounding discovery that genetic parentage is at issue;

D. The nature of the relationship between the child and the parent;

E. The age of the child;

F. Any adverse effect on the child that may result if parentage is successfully disproved;

G. The nature of the relationship between the child and any alleged parent;

H. The extent to which the passage of time reduces the chances of establishing the parentage of another person and a child support obligation in favor of the child; and

I. Factors in addition to those in paragraphs A to H, including factors set forth in section 1653, subsection 3, that may affect the equities arising from the disruption of the relationship between the child and the parent or the chance of other adverse effect to the child.