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Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 19, § 725 (2026)

Descent of real estate in divorce

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(REPEALED)
SECTION HISTORY
PL 1971, c. 311 (AMD). PL 1971, c. 399, §5 (AMD). PL 1971, c. 622, §§61C-61E (AMD). PL 1975, c. 488 (RPR). PL 1975, c. 770, §86 (AMD). PL 1979, c. 72, §2 (AMD). PL 1979, c. 663, §128 (AMD). PL 1983, c. 748, §1 (RPR). PL 1987, c. 15, §1 (AMD). PL 1995, c. 694, §B1 (RP). PL 1995, c. 694, §E2 (AFF).
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 4 cases, 1979–1984 · leading case: Eich v. Gellerson, 441 A.2d 315 (Me. 1982).
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Eich v. Gellerson, 441 A.2d 315 (Me. 1982). · cites it 3× “By that somewhat painstaking process we have determined that the sole basis for the judgment was the admitted failure to record the divorce judgment within sixty days as then required by 19 M.R.S.A. § 725. Although other issues are argued on appeal, we do not reach them on the…”
Putterbaugh v. Robinson (In re Robinson), 38 B.R. 255 (Bankr. D. Me. 1984). · cites it 2× “The abstract of divorce decree, required by 19 M.R.S.A. § 725 (1981), was not filed in the Cumberland County Registry of Deeds until April 5, 1978, nearly two months after Richard Robinson filed a voluntary bankruptcy petition on February 10, 1978.”
Fitzgerald v. Trueworthy, 476 A.2d 183 (Me. 1984). “The recording of an abstract of the Fitzgerald divorce judgment in the Penobscot County Registry of Deeds under 19 M.R.S.A. § 725 (1981) gave constructive notice to the world of the in personam obligations of the record title holders.”
Dishon v. Oliver, 402 A.2d 1292 (Me. 1979). “19 M.R.S.A. § 725 (1964) as amended by P.”
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