LD 1473
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G. Either awarding allocating some or all temporary custody
of parental rights and responsibilities with regard to minor
children or establishing allocating temporary visitation
rights of contact with regard to minor children when the
visitation is determined to be in the best interest of the
child, or both, under such conditions that the court finds
appropriate as determined in accordance with the best interest
of the child pursuant to section 1653, subsections 3 to 6.
The court's custody and visitation award allocation of
parental rights and responsibilities or allocation of rights
of contact is not binding and may not be considered precedent
in any separate action involving an award of parental rights
and responsibilities pursuant to chapter 55 or in a similar
action brought in another jurisdiction exercising child
custody jurisdiction in accordance with the Uniform Child
Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act;

 
SUMMARY

 
This bill revises language concerning child custody in the
protection from abuse laws to use terms consistent with the
language governing parental rights and responsibilities in other
situations. Specifically, this bill replaces the word "custody"
to reflect the proper use of the terms "parental rights and
responsibilities" and "rights of contact" as used elsewhere in
the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 19-A. A redundant reference to
"the best interest of the child" is removed. This bill also
makes clear that the allocating of parental rights and
responsibilities through a protection from abuse action has no
precedential value in any separate action involving parental
rights and responsibilities.

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