Divorce & Parental Rights
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December 2024
Lists resources for people in Maine who are separating or going through divorce: where to get legal and financial help, and other support services.
August 2024
The Maine court form for determining the jurisdiction for certain family law and name change cases
August 2024
The Maine court form for a lawyer or self represented person to use to enter their appearance in a case
August 2024
The form used by the court to set a hearing on a Motion for Contempt.
August 2024
The Maine court form for filing a Motion for Contempt of a divorce or parental rights and responsibilities order
August 2024
This is not a form, but an informational sheet about what to do with the forms for a Motion for Contempt of a divorce or parental rights and responsibilities judgment
August 2024
The Maine court form to file a Motion to Enforce a divorce or parental rights and responsibilities judgment
August 2024
This is not a form, but an informational sheet about what to do with the forms for a Motion to Enforce a divorce or parental rights and responsibilities judgment
August 2024
The Maine court form to file a case to modify a divorce or parental rights and responsibilities judgment (including child support)
August 2024
This is not a form, but an informational sheet about what to do with the forms for a Motion to Modify a divorce or parental rights and responsibilities judgment
August 2024
August 2024
This is Maine court form for ordering the payment of child support
August 2024
This is not a court form, it is a notice from the court about mediation in certain family law cases
August 2024
This is not a court form - it is an instruction sheet about what to do with court forms for getting a Maine court to register a divorce or parental rights and responsibilities order from another st
August 2024
This is not a form - it is the Maine child support table, which is used for calculating child support obligations.
August 2024
This is not a form - it is an instruction sheet for what to do with the Maine court forms for a parental rights and responsibilities case
August 2024
The Maine court form for use when parents provide "substantially equal care" for children.
August 2024
The Maine court form to use for requesting a faster child custody determination
August 2024
This is a fillable template of a motion to waive a home study for a second-parent adoption.
August 2024
The Maine court form for a case to determine the parentage of a child, to establish parental rights and responsibilities and/or child support
August 2024
The Maine court form for an Answer and Counterclaim in a Parental Rights and Responsibilities court case
August 2024
The Maine court form for an Answer and Counterclaim for a divorce case.
August 2024
A Maine court form for an Entry of Appearance for a self-represented defendant in a divorce and/or parental rights and responsibilities case.
August 2024
August 2024
Maine court form for divorcing people with minimal assets and debts
August 2024
This is not a court form, it is important instructions for filling out the Maine court forms for a divorce case without children
August 2024
This is not a court form, but an information sheet about the Case Management Conference in Maine family law cases
August 2024
Maine court form for acknowledging that you have received a Summons and Complaint or Post-Judgment Motion
August 2024
This is not a form to fill out, it is an instruction sheet about how to fill out the Maine court forms for a divorce case with children
August 2024
The Maine court form for filing for divorce if you have children.
August 2024
A form used to disclose Social Security Numbers for certain court cases, including family law cases, but keeping those SSNs confidential
August 2024
August 2024
Complete packet of the fillable forms you will need to file a Complaint for Parentage, Parental Rights & Responsibilities, and Child Support.
August 2024
If you have been served with a Divorce or Parental Rights complaint, and you wish to be heard by the court, you must fill out, file, and serve certain court forms.
August 2024
Complete packet of the fillable forms you will need to file for divorce in Maine if you do not share minor children.
August 2024
Complete packet of the fillable forms you will need to file for divorce with children.
July 2023
If you are trying to modify (change) or enforce a final order from a Parental Rights and Responsibilities or Divorce case in Maine, you might find some helpful information here. This guide will walk…
September 2022
Posted and up-to-date on 9/19/2022
July 2022
Introduction
This information is for possible parents who are being pursued by DHHS for payment of child support. We also have pages on these related topics:
November 2020
This page links to all of our divorce and parental rights form kits. We have put together several forms kits - they have all the forms you will need for certain kinds of divorce or parental rights…
December 2018
Note: This article is about guardian ad litems in the state of Maine.
December 2018
If you are starting a family law case (such as a divorce or setting parental rights and responsibilities), you must tell the other party that you are bringing a court action against them. You do this…
December 2018
Your rights as a parent do not stop when you are in the military and called to active duty.