Sec. 1. 15 MRSA §3314, sub-§5, as amended by PL 1997, c. 752, §23 and PL 2003, c. 689, Pt. B, §6, is further amended to read:

5. Support orders. Whenever the court commits a juvenile to the Department of Health and Human Services, to a Department of Corrections juvenile correctional facility or to a relative or other person, the court may shall order either or both parents of the juvenile to pay a reasonable amount of support for the juvenile child support in accordance with the child support guidelines under Title 19-A, section 2006. The order is enforceable under Title 19-A, section 2603.

Sec. 2. 19-A MRSA §1615, as enacted by PL 1997, c. 466, §3 and affected by §28, is amended to read:

§1615. Representation of department

The commissioner may designate employees of the department who are not attorneys to file the record of proceedings commenced under this subchapter in District Court and to represent the department in court in both those proceedings and proceedings filed by other parties. The commissioner shall ensure that appropriate training is provided to all employees designated to represent the department under this subchapter.

Sec. 3. 19-A MRSA §2006, sub-§4, as amended by PL 2003, c. 415, §8, is further amended to read:

4. Computation of parental support obligation. The total basic support obligation must be divided between the parties in proportion to their respective gross incomes. The court or hearing officer shall order the party not providing primary residential care to pay, in money, that party's share of the total basic support obligation to the party providing primary residential care. The primary residential care provider is presumed to spend the primary care provider's share directly on each child. If the court or hearing officer determines that the parties provide substantially equal care for a child for whom support is sought, presumptive support must be calculated in accordance with subsection 5, paragraph D-1. Both parents are responsible for child support if a caretaker relative provides primary residential care for the child.__The caretaker relative's income may not be considered in determining the parents' child support obligation.