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Maine Divorce Information
The Maine Divorce Section will provide a resource directory of focused professionals. Lawyers, mediators, negotiators, counsellors, accountants, financial planners and other professionals providing all the information you will need to assess your position and take the necessary steps to successfully navigate your divorce. Child custody, child support, visitation arrangements, alimony, division of assets and debts, while similar, are different in each state.
![Maine Divorce Laws
Complete overview of Maine divorce laws for people considering a Maine divorce or filing a Maine divorce with issues to be resolved about child custody, child support, visitation and alimony. Maine statutes can be viewed at http://janus.state.me.us/. Statutes cover but ar not limited to the following subjects.
• Divorce Definitions
• Divorce Residency Requirements
• Grounds for Divorce
• Uncontested Divorce
• Simplified Divorce Process
• Military Divorce Laws
• Child Custody
• Child Support Considerations
• Child Support Definitions
• Child Support Guidelines
• Spousal Support, Maintenance, and Alimony guidelines
• Property Division Considerations
• Grandparents’ Rights
Maine Divorce Definitions
These definitions will help you understand some unique characteristics to the Maine Divorce laws, process and paperwork which is filed with the court.
Filing Party Title: Plaintiff - The spouse who will initiate the Divorce by filing the required paperwork with the court.
Non-Filing Party Title: Defendant - The spouse who does not initiate the Divorce with the court.
Court Name: State of Maine, ______ Court, _____ County - The proper name of the court in which a Divorce is filed in the state of Maine. Each jurisdictional court typically has a domestic relations or a family law department or division.
Child Support Enforcement Website:
http://www.state.me.us/dhs/bfi/dser/ -The state run office devoted to enforcing existing child support orders and collecting any past due child support.
Document Introduction: In Re the Marriage of: -The lead-in verbiage used in the legal caption or header of the documents filed with the court. The introduction typically prefaces both spouse’s names.
Initial Divorce Document: Complaint for Divorce -The title and name of the legal document that will initiate the Maine Divorce process. The filing spouse is also required to provide the non-filing spouse a copy of this document.
Final Divorce Document: Judgment of Divorce - The title and name of the legal document that will finalize the Maine Divorce process. This document will be signed by the judge, master, or referee of the court to declare your marriage officially terminated.
Clerk’s Office Name: District Clerk’s Office -The office of the clerk that will facilitate the Divorce process. This is the title you would address letters to or ask for when contacting the courthouse.
Legal Separation: Legal separation will be granted if the spouses are or desire to be living apart with just cause for more than 60 days. If there are minor children, mediation between the spouses is required. [Maine Revised Statutes Annotated; Title 19-A, Section 851].
Property Distribution:Equitable Distribution -The applicable Maine law that will dictate how property and debt is to be divided upon Divorce.
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