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| | | An Act To Implement Recommendations of the Family |
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| | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows: |
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| | | Sec. 1. 19-A MRSA §105 is enacted to read: |
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| | | §105.__Award and payment of attorney's fees and other fees |
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| | | 1.__Attorney's fees and costs.__In an action under this Title, | | including actions to modify or enforce existing orders, the court | | may, after an opportunity for hearing, order a party, including a | | party in interest, to pay another party or another party's | | attorney reasonable attorney's fees, including costs, for | | participation in the proceedings. |
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| | | 2.__While pending; part of final decision.__In appropriate | | cases, the court may order fees and costs paid while an action is | | pending, including while on appeal, or may make an order as part | | of a final decision in a case. |
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| | | 3.__Fees and expenses of 3rd-party participants.__The court | | may order a party to pay reasonable fees and expenses of 3rd- | | party participants in the proceedings, including guardians ad | | litem, expert witnesses and providers of services, whether | | retained by a party or the court. |
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| | | 4.__Interest; means of collection.__Awards under this section | | are subject to the accumulation of statutory interest and |
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