Maine § 19-A §1655 Support and maintenance when parental rights and responsibilities or contact awarded to agency or person other than parent

Maine Statutes

§ 19-A §1655 — Support and maintenance when parental rights and responsibilities or contact awarded to agency or person other than parent

Maine § 19-A §1655

Title 19-ADOMESTIC RELATIONS

Part 3PARENTS AND CHILDREN

Ch. 55RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES

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Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 19-A, § 19-A §1655 (2026).

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1.Department granted parental rights and responsibilities or contact awarded. When the department has been granted parental rights and responsibilities for a child under this chapter, Title 22, chapter 1071 applies regarding subsequent reviews and governs further rights and responsibilities of the department, the parents, the child and any other party.

2.Modification of orders. Upon the motion of an agency or person who has been granted parental rights and responsibilities or contact with respect to a child under this chapter, the court may alter its order concerning parental rights and responsibilities or contact with respect to a minor child as circumstances require in accordance with section 1657.

3.Support of child committed to agency. When a child under 17 years of age is committed

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Department granted parental rights and responsibilities or contact awarded.
When the department has been granted parental rights and responsibilities for a child under this chapter, Title 22, chapter 1071 applies regarding subsequent reviews and governs further rights and responsibilities of the department, the parents, the child and any other party.
2.
Modification of orders.
Upon the motion of an agency or person who has been granted parental rights and responsibilities or contact with respect to a child under this chapter, the court may alter its order concerning parental rights and responsibilities or contact with respect to a minor child as circumstances require in accordance with section 1657.
3.
Support of child committed to agency.
When a child under 17 years of age is committed by the District Court, or the District Court acting as a Juvenile Court, to custody other than that of the child's parent, that commitment is subject to Title 22, sections 4038, 4061 and 4063. The court may, after giving a parent a reasonable opportunity to be heard, adjudge that the parent shall pay, in a manner as the court may direct, a sum that covers in whole or in part the support of that child. If that parent fails to pay that sum, that parent may be proceeded against as provided in chapter 65. A determination or modification of child support under this section must comply with chapter 63.