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An Act To Amend the Law Concerning Protection from Abuse Orders To Include Pets
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1.  19-A MRSA §4006, sub-§5-A  is enacted to read:
 
5-A.  Interim relief; care, custody or control of animals.     The court may make an order concerning the care, custody or control of any animal owned, possessed, leased, kept or held by either party or a minor child residing in the household and may enjoin the defendant from injuring or threatening to injure any such animal.
Sec. 2.  19-A MRSA §4007, sub-§1, ¶E-1  is enacted to read:
 
E-1.  Directing the defendant to refrain from injuring or threatening to injure any animal owned, possessed, leased, kept or held by either party or a minor child residing in the household;
 
SUMMARY
This bill amends the law concerning protection from abuse orders to allow the court to include provisions in protection from abuse orders, including temporary orders, that direct the defendant to refrain from injuring or threatening to injure an animal that is owned, possessed, leased, kept or held by either party or a minor child residing in the household.