When the court has ordered a change in the custody of a child and a person not entitled to custody refuses to relinquish physical custody to the custodian, then, at the request of the department or custodian, a law enforcement officer may take any necessary and reasonable action to obtain physical custody of the child for the rightful custodian. Necessary and reasonable action may include entering public or private property with a warrant based on probable cause to believe that the child is there.
Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 22, § 4039
Enforcement of custody orders
Known as the Child and Family Services and Child Protection Act
The act spans §§ 4001–5005 (121 sections).
PL 1979, c. 733, §18 (NEW).
Official source: Maine Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Maine statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.