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Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 19, § 272 (2026)

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SECTION HISTORY
PL 1967, c. 325, §2 (NEW). PL 1985, c. 652, §4 (AMD). PL 1989, c. 298, §1 (AMD). PL 1989, c. 834, §B2 (AMD). PL 1995, c. 694, §A3 (AMD). PL 1995, c. 694, §B1 (RP). PL 1995, c. 694, §E2 (AFF).
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 16 cases, 1978–2003 · leading case: Dep't of Human Servs. v. Lowatchie, 569 A.2d 197 (Me. 1990).
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Dep't of Human Servs. v. Lowatchie, 569 A.2d 197 (Me. 1990). · cites it 2× “NOTES [1] See 19 M.R.S.A. §§ 271-287 (1981 & Supp.”
Arsenault v. Carrier, 390 A.2d 1048 (Me. 1978). · cites it 2× “19 M.R.S.A. § 272 et seq." We note that the plaintiff was in violation of Rule 24(c), M.”
Wellman v. Dep't of Human Servs., 574 A.2d 879 (Me. 1990). · cites it 2× “Therefore, because the law governing reimbursement of AFDC payments treats all similarly situated parents equally, there is no implication of the equal protection clause.”
Dep't of Human Servs. v. Richardson, 621 A.2d 855 (Me. 1993). · cites it 3× “Next, the Department contends that res judicata does not apply because it has an independent cause of action against a putative father pursuant to 19 M.R.S.A. § 272 (Supp.1992). 5 The Department misconstrues section 272.”
Adam Mushero v. H. Rollin Ives, 949 F.2d 513 (1st Cir. 1991). · cites it 3× “” 19 M.R.S.A. § 272. DHS, therefore, had the right — derived from Dawn Frasier’s right — to be reimbursed for the AFDC benefits it expended on behalf of Mushero’s children.”
Dep't of Human Servs. ex rel. Young v. Leifester, 1998 ME 266, 721 A.2d 189. · cites it 3× “19 M.R.S.A. § 272 (Pamph.1996) (current version at 19-A M.”
Dep't of Human Servs. ex rel. Boulanger v. Comeau, 663 A.2d 46 (Me. 1995). “In 1983, Helen Boulanger filed a complaint in the District Court against the putative father, Normand Comeau, for the determination of the paternity of her daughter, Carey-Ann, pursuant to 19 M.R.S.A. § 272 (Supp. 1994). The ease was immediately transferred to the Superior Court.”
Dep't of Human Servs. v. Vining, 617 A.2d 555 (Me. 1992). · cites it 2× “In June 1988, pursuant to 19 M.R.S.A. § 272 (Supp.1991), 1 the Department filed a *557 complaint in the District Court against Thomas Vining on behalf of Ernestine Thompson, to whom it had been paying benefits under the Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) program.”
Dep't of Human Servs. v. Hafford, 2003 ME 15, 815 A.2d 806. · cites it 2× “are obligated to reimburse mothers for the necessary support expended on behalf of their children”).”
State Dep't of Human Servs. v. Webster, 398 A.2d 792 (Me. 1979). “The State derives additional authority to enforce the liabilities of a father from section 2 of the Uniform Act on Paternity, 19 M.R.S.A. § 272 (Supp.1978-1979), which provides: “Paternity may be determined upon the complaint of the mother, child or the public authority…”
White v. Allen, 667 A.2d 112 (Me. 1995). “If paternity has been determined or has been acknowledged according to the laws of this State, the liabilities of the father may be enforced in the same or other proceedings by the mother, child or the public authority which has furnished or may furnish the reasonable expenses…”
Comm'r of the Dep't of Human Servs. v. Massey, 537 A.2d 1158 (Me. 1988). “The Commissioner commenced this paternity action pursuant to 19 M.R.S.A. §§ 272 and 275 (1981 and Supp.”
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