§1653-A. Parental rights and responsibilities; parent on active duty
                  1. 
                                Departure under military orders. 
                                A court may not consider departure from the family residence or absence from the child or children as an adverse factor in determining parental rights and responsibilities with respect to a minor child when the departing parent is a member of the National Guard or the Reserves of the United States Armed Forces under an order to active duty for a period of more than 30 days and whose absence is due to compliance with military orders.
                                     
                                
                [PL 2019, c. 341, §1 (NEW).]
              
                  2. 
                                Change of residence of child prohibited when parent under military orders. 
                                A court may not order a change of the primary physical residence of a child when one of the child's parents is a member of the National Guard or the Reserves of the United States Armed Forces under an order to active duty for a period of more than 30 days and whose absence from the State is due to compliance with military orders unless the change is in the best interest of the child.
                                     
                                
                [PL 2019, c. 341, §1 (NEW).]
              
                  3. 
                                Application. 
                                This section applies only if the service of the member referred to in subsection 1 or subsection 2 is in support of:
                                     
                                
                
                  A.
                                        An operational mission for which members of the reserve components have been ordered to active duty; or
                                     
                                [PL 2019, c. 341, §1 (NEW).]
                
                  B.
                                        Forces activated during a period of war declared by Congress or a period of national emergency declared by the President or Congress.
                                     
                                [PL 2019, c. 341, §1 (NEW).]
                [PL 2019, c. 341, §1 (NEW).]
              
                        SECTION HISTORY
                        
            PL 2019, c. 341, §1 (NEW).