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Divorce and Parental Rights
- Divorce and Parental Rights in Maine Step by step guide for getting a divorce or parental rights order in Maine.
- Need Help Doing Your Own Divorce or Custody Action? Help with preparing forms, serving papers, and doing child support calculations in divorce and parental rights cases and, in Bangor, small claims cases. If your district court isn't listed, you may want to use the statewide Helpline.
- Divorce and Separation Lists resources for parents who are separating or going through divorce: where to get legal and financial help, and other support services.
- Family Law: Post-judgment Motions What you can do if you need to change or enforce your divorce or parental rights court order.
- Court Forms Find Maine court forms for filing family law cases (like divorce or parental rights), requests for protection from abuse or harassment, and small claims actions. We also have forms for changing or enforcing a family law court order.
- Maine Court Fee Waiver Find out how to get court fees waived if you cannot afford to pay them. If your only income is TANF, general assistance, or SSI, you should not have to pay court fees.
- Request for Waiver of Fees: Maine Court Forms Find the forms you need to ask the court for a fee waiver.
- Calculating Your Child Support If you are doing your own divorce or parental rights court case, find out the rules for calculating the amount of weekly child support the non-custodial parent will owe.
- WISER Women - WISER Special Report: Divorce: Seven Key Questions You Need to Ask About the Pension
- Guardian ad litem Basic FAQ's about what a guardian ad litem does in a family law case.
- Papers to File if You are a Defendant Get the forms you need to file an answer to a divorce complaint or parental rights complaint.
- Seeing Your Grandchildren: Your Visitation Rights Part of Legal Services for the Elderly's "Know Your Rights" series. Discusses Maine's Grandparents Visitation Act
- WISER Women - Pensions & Divorce
- Guide to Making Child-Focused Parenting Time Decisions The Maine Courts advise divorcing parents about making good decisions on behalf of their children, where family violence is not an issue. Help on Acrobat Files
- Power of Attorney for a Child Simple steps you can take if you need to transfer your parental rights to another adult for a brief period.
- Back up to Family Law