Maine Revised Statutes

Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 19, § 211 (2026)

Parents joint natural guardians of children

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(REPEALED)

SECTION HISTORY

PL 1995, c. 694, §B1 (RP). PL 1995, c. 694, §E2 (AFF).

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 5 cases, 1980–1997 · leading case: Osier v. Osier, 410 A.2d 1027 (Me. 1980).

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Osier v. Osier, 410 A.2d 1027 (Me. 1980). · cites it 2× “See 19 M.R.S.A. § 211 (1965). 8 Only those facts'that bear on the child’s best interest, as of the time of the new hearing, may be taken into account.”

In Re Krystal S., 584 A.2d 672 (Me. 1991). · cites it 2× “496, 498 (1924); 19 M.R.S.A. § 211 (1981). 9 The *675 care and custody of a child can be taken from a parent if, for example, the child is in jeopardy, see 22 M.”

State v. Butt, 656 A.2d 1225 (Me. 1995). · cites it 3× “Butt contends that the trial court erred in denying his motion for a judgment of acquittal because section 303(1)(A) requires a court order of custody to be violated, and that the joint custodial rights of the children’s mother arising out of 19 M.R.S.A. § 211 (1981) does not…”

Jacobs v. Jacobs, 507 A.2d 596 (Me. 1986). “” 19 M.R.S.A. § 211 (1981). Nor may the divorce court “apply a preference for one parent over the other in determining parental rights and responsibilities because of the parent’s sex or the child’s age or sex.”

Murphy v. Murphy, 1997 ME 103 (Me. 1997). “Parents are the natural guardians of their wards, 19 M.R.S.A. § 211 (1981), and, as such, owe them a fiduciary duty in regard to their property.”

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