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| 2.__Duty includes.__A parent's duty of support includes: |
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| | | A.__The reasonable expense of the mother's pregnancy and | | confinement; |
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| | | B.__Child support pursuant to the child support guidelines | | in chapter 63; and |
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| | | C.__Reasonable attorney's fees for the prosecution of | | parentage proceedings. |
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| | | 3.__Proceeding.__If parentage has been determined or has been | | acknowledged according to the laws of this State, the liabilities | | of the parent may be established and enforced in the same or | | other proceedings by the other parent, the child or the public | | authority that has furnished or may furnish the reasonable | | expenses of pregnancy and confinement or support, and by other | | persons, including private agencies, to the extent that they have | | furnished the reasonable expenses of pregnancy or support. |
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| | | §1505.__Extent of duties of support |
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| | | 1.__Presence or residence of obligee.__An obligor has the duty | | of support as defined in this chapter regardless of the presence | | or residence of the obligee. |
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| | | 2.__Preceding 6 years.__The obligor's liabilities for past | | support are limited to the 6-year period preceding the | | commencement of an action to determine parentage or establish | | child support. |
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| | | 3.__Disestablished parent.__If a court grants a request to | | disestablish parentage, this subsection applies. |
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| | | A.__The disestablished parent remains liable for all unpaid | | child support obligations that accumulated prior to the | | filing of the action to disestablish parentage. |
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| | | B.__The disestablished parent has no right to reimbursement | | from any person or entity for amounts paid pursuant to a | | support order. |
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| | | Sec. B-6. 19-A MRSA §1506, as enacted by PL 1995, c. 694, Pt. B, §2 | | and affected by Pt. E, §2, is amended to read: |
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| | | §1506. Public assistance recipients' rights of privacy |
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| | | When the department seeks to establish paternity parentage of | | a dependent child, any inquiry about prior or current sexual |
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