Maine LD504 aims to improve family court procedures by allowing emergency parental rights and responsibilities orders.

Maine LD504 introduces provisions to expedite family court procedures concerning parental rights and responsibilities. The bill allows a party in a divorce, legal separation, parentage, or post-judgment motion to file a motion for an emergency parental rights and responsibilities order on an ex parte basis if there is an immediate risk of substantial harm to a child. The court may issue such an order without prior notice to the other party, which can include temporary allocations of parental rights, conditions on parent-child contact, and directives regarding the child's residence.

Maine LD504 aims to improve family court procedures by allowing emergency parental rights and responsibilities orders.

Maine LD504 introduces provisions to expedite family court procedures concerning parental rights and responsibilities. The bill allows a party in a divorce, legal separation, parentage, or post-judgment motion to file a motion for an emergency parental rights and responsibilities order on an ex parte basis if there is an immediate risk of substantial harm to a child. The court may issue such an order without prior notice to the other party, which can include temporary allocations of parental rights, conditions on parent-child contact, and directives regarding the child's residence.