Icon for content type Article

Service and Assistance Animals in Maine: What's the difference, and what are my rights?

Introduction If you have a disability, and you have an animal that helps you with that disability, you may have the right to bring that animal into places where you wouldn’t be allowed to bring a pet.  
Icon for content type Article

Portland Maine Landlord Tenant Rules

Important Resources to Prevent Eviction Getting evicted? Worried you might be soon?

Podcast: National Origin Discrimination in Housing is Illegal

Podcast - Federal and State Fair Housing laws prohibit discrimination against people who are from countries, other than the U.S, when selling, renting, financing, or other housing related transactions.

Podcast: When Fair Housing Laws Do Not Apply to Rental Housing

This podcast focuses on rental housing and Fair Housing laws. You can listen to the podcast above, or read the full text below. This podcast is also available in:
Icon for Forms Content

OMB 0970-0154 Income Withholding for Support

Maine courts are now using this form, in lieu of the old FM-133 Immediate Withholding Order, as required by the federal government. USDHHS has also issued these instructions for filling out the form.
Icon for Forms Content

FM-132 Child Support Order

This is Maine court form for ordering the payment of child support
Icon for Forms Content

FM-084 Child Support Table

This is not a form - it is the Maine child support table, which is used for calculating child support obligations. Last updated 1/1/2023.
Icon for Forms Content

FM-058 Affidavit and Request for Registration of a Foreign Order

The Maine court form to register a divorce or parental rights and responsibilities order from another state.
Icon for Forms Content

FM-040-SA Supplemental Child Support Worksheet

The Maine court form for use when parents provide "substantially equal care" for children.