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Laws & Courts:

Maine Law - state statutes, Title 19A "Domestic Relations", Parts 2 and 3. Judicial Branch - site includes a court directory, opinions, court publications, and legal news.

Maine Child Support:

Division of Support and Recovery - address listing of the division's offices along with a "message" to mothers and fathers concerning paternity. From the Maine Bureau of Family Independence.

Additional Resources:

Pine Tree Legal Assistance - a non-profit corporation providing legal assistance to people in the State of Maine whose income is one hundred twenty-five percent of the federal income poverty guidelines or less. Maine State Bar Association - online legal information pamphlets, legal forms, and news for attorneys and the public. Children's Rights Council - national nonprofit organization based in Washington, DC that works to assure children meaningful and continuing contact with both their parents and extended family regardless of the parents' marital status.

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Maine’s Divorce Information Under Construction.

Thank you for visiting our Maine Resource page.

We are currently in the process of updating each state’s legal overview for this section of our website. However, the resource links on the right hand side of the page are still working and will provide you with further information specific to Maine’s divorce laws. Specifically, you may want to look at Maine’s state statutes for further reading at this time.

As always, please be sure to consult a licensed attorney in your state for more detailed information on how your state’s laws apply to you and your particular situation.

If you are a licensed attorney for Maine, or know of a licensed attorney for this state, we would like to have you review and edit the information for this state. We will furnish you with the old content for your review. In return, we will credit you for editing the overview of divorce information for Maine by stating at the top of this page “Information reviewed and edited by: (Your Name)” and establish a link directing potential clients to your firm’s webpage.

Typically, on this page you would find a brief legal overview of Maine’s divorce laws. The content usually contains the following list of information (where applicable per each state’s statutes):
Legal definitions of separation and divorce
Residency requirements
Grounds for divorce
Role of court
Divisions of property
Agreements
Prenuptial agreements
Child custody
Child support
Child support modification
Divorced in another state
Spousal support
Etc…

The State Resource pages are provided for informational purposes only. Do not take any actions based upon the information contained within the State Resource pages without first consulting an attorney licensed in your state. We at DadsDivorce.com strive to keep our information up-to-date; however state laws are not static and subject to change without notice.