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Maine Revised Statutes Title 19-A. Domestic Relations § 3314. Initiation by department of support proceedings

Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

1. Duty of department. In a proceeding pursuant to this subchapter, the department shall:

A. Transmit and receive applications; and

B. Initiate or facilitate the institution of a proceeding regarding an application in a tribunal of this State.

2. Proceedings available to obligee. The following support proceedings are available to an obligee under the Convention:

A. Recognition or recognition and enforcement of a foreign support order;

B. Enforcement of a support order issued or recognized in this State;

C. Establishment of a support order if there is no existing order, including, if necessary, determination of parentage of a child;

D. Establishment of a support order if recognition of a foreign support order is refused under section 3318;

E. Modification of a support order of a tribunal of this State; and

F. Modification of a support order of a tribunal of another state or a foreign country.

3. Proceedings available to obligor. The following support proceedings are available under the Convention to an obligor against whom there is an existing support order:

A. Recognition of an order suspending or limiting enforcement of an existing support order of a tribunal of this State;

B. Modification of a support order of a tribunal of this State; and

C. Modification of a support order of a tribunal of another state or a foreign country.

4. Tribunal may not require guarantee of payment of costs and expenses. A tribunal of this State may not require security, bond or deposit, however described, to guarantee the payment of costs and expenses in proceedings under the Convention.

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