Maine Revised Statutes
Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 15, § 2502 (2026)
Definitions
✓ laws through the 2025 session (checked Sept. 2026)
Find cases:
SyfertCases citing this section
ME-LEGlegislature.maine.gov
JustiaTitle on Justia
CornellLII Search
CasesGoogle Scholar
(REPEALED)
SECTION HISTORY
PL 1969, c. 433, §19 (AMD). PL 1971, c. 598, §16 (AMD). PL 1973, c. 351 (AMD). PL 1973, c. 788, §63 (AMD). PL 1975, c. 62, §§1,2 (AMD). PL 1977, c. 520, §5 (RP).
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2
cases, 1973–1977 · leading case: Danforth v. State Dep't of Health & Welfare, 303 A.2d 794 (Me. 1973).
Danforth v. State Dep't of Health & Welfare, 303 A.2d 794 (Me. 1973). “The reason for this is that habitual truancy is specifically defined in the statute (see, 15 M.R.S.A. § 2502(2) and the statutory provision repeatedly deserting one's home without just cause is a concept of sufficient clarity that it provides adequate information to…”
State v. Knowles, 371 A.2d 624 (Me. 1977). “15 M.R.S.A. § 2502, subd. 5, defines “juvenile” as “any person who was under the age of 18 years at the time the act or offense .”
Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 15, § 2502(2): 1 case
Danforth v. State Dep't of Health & Welfare, 303 A.2d 794 (Me. 1973). “The reason for this is that habitual truancy is specifically defined in the statute (see, 15 M.R.S.A. § 2502(2) and the statutory provision repeatedly deserting one's home without just cause is a concept of sufficient clarity that it provides adequate information to…”
Annotations are extracted automatically from the opinions in the
Syfert caselaw corpus and ranked by authority, recency, and
treatment. Dots show Syfertize treatment of the citing case itself.