This is our "HotDocs" version of the form. You will be guided to a secure national legal aid site where these forms are housed: LawHelp Interactive. You will answer a series of questions. The program will use your answers to automatically complete the forms. At the end in the interview, you can save, print, or email your completed form. More about using our HotDocs forms here.
CAUTION: This form is not the most recent version and may be rejected.
If you are filing in Bangor or you are told the court can’t take the form that is created by this interview:
- Answer all the questions in the interview.
- Download the form that it creates
- Copy all the answers into this form: MJB Form FM-040
- File that form with the court and send a copy to all opposing parties.
Form Notes
In the interest of transparency, we have posted the underlying assumptions used in building this interactive form.
This form may not work accurately for
- people with combined gross incomes below the lowest number on the chart (currently $12,600), or
- people with combined gross incomes higher than the highest number on the chart (currently $400,000).
If you believe you have found an error in this form, please tell us, in as much detail as you can, using our feedback form. Please leave your email so we can get in touch with you about trying to fix the error.
We have consulted with state officials who are responsible for administering Maine's child support system. We have relied on their input, as well as our own professional judgment, to decide some of the more esoteric details around the programming. Regardless of the care we have taken, we recognize that some details are always open to statutory interpretation. Please keep in mind that the Maine Supreme Judicial Court is the final interpreter of Maine laws. The decision-maker is your case is sworn to uphold their interpretations.
Go to HotDocs interview and form (on LawHelp Interactive website)
CAUTION: This form is not the most recent version and may be rejected.
If you are filing in Bangor or you are told the court can’t take the form that is created by this interview:
- Answer all the questions in the interview.
- Download the form that it creates
- Copy all the answers into this form: MJB Form FM-040
- File that form with the court and send a copy to all opposing parties.
April, 2022