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Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 19-A, § 3314

Initiation by department of support proceedings

Known as the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act

The act spans §§ 2801 to 3401 (91 sections).

PL 2009, c. 95, §83 (NEW)

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.

Official source: Maine Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Maine statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.