| | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows: |
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| | | Sec. 1. 19-A MRSA §4005, sub-§5 is enacted to read: |
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| | | 5.__Notice.__Prior to the plaintiff signing a complaint, the | | court shall notify the plaintiff that it is a crime to make a | | false statement under oath in a court document. |
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| | | Sec. 2. 19-A MRSA §4006, sub-§2-A is enacted to read: |
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| | | 2-A.__Temporary orders; possession of dangerous weapons.__The | | court may direct the defendant not to possess a firearm or other | | dangerous weapon for the duration of the temporary order if the | | complaint demonstrates: |
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| | | Ai..__Abuse that involves a firearm or other dangerous | | weapon; or |
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| | | ii.B.__A heightened risk of immediate abuse to the plaintiff | | or a minor child.__In determining whether a heightened risk | | of immediate abuse is present, the court shall consider, but | | is not limited to consideration of, whether: |
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| | | (1)__The temporary order of protection is not likely to | | achieve its purpose in the absence of such a condition; |
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| | | (2)__The defendant has violated orders of protection; |
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| | | (3)__Past or present abuse to a victim resulted in | | injury; |
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| | | (4)__The abuse occurred in public; and |
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| | | (a)__Threats of suicide or homicide; |
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| | | (b)__Killing or threatening to kill pets; |
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| | | (c)__An escalation of violence; |
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| | | (d)__Stalking behavior or extreme obsession; |
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| | | (f)__Excessive alcohol or drug use; and |
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| | | (g)__Abuse against a pregnant victim. |
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