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| | | An Act To Specify Information Required in a Divorce Decree |
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| | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows: |
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| | | Sec. 1. 19-A MRSA §953, sub-§7, as enacted by PL 1995, c. 694, Pt. | | B, §2 and affected by Pt. E, §2, is repealed and the following | | enacted in its place: |
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| | | 7.__Decree or abstract as deed.__All rights acquired under | | former Title 19, section 721 or 723 on or before December 31, | | 1971 and all rights acquired under this section by a party in | | the real estate of the other party are effective against a | | person when the decree of divorce or an abstract of the decree | | is filed in the registry of deeds for the county or registry | | district where the real estate is situated. The decree or | | abstract, at a minimum, must contain: |
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| | | A.__The caption of the case, including the names of the | | parties, and any changes to the parties' names after the | | decree; |
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| | | B.__The date the judgment is final and the court that | | issued the decree; |
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| | | C.__An adequate description of the real estate, such as by | | reference to the volume and page number of an instrument | | recorded in the registry of deeds or the probate court | | record, or an adequate description by metes and bounds or | | by reference to the volume and page number of the registry | | of deeds' records of a survey plan of the property; |
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