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Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 19, § 823 (2026)

Request for court records of another state

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(REPEALED)
SECTION HISTORY
PL 1979, c. 481, §4 (NEW). PL 1995, c. 694, §B1 (RP). PL 1995, c. 694, §E2 (AFF).
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2 cases, 1983–1991 · leading case: Spaulding v. Spaulding, 460 A.2d 1360 (Me. 1983).
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Spaulding v. Spaulding, 460 A.2d 1360 (Me. 1983). “When “a custody decree has been rendered in another state concerning a child involved in a custody proceeding pending in a Court of this State”, the UCCJA requires the court of this state to request a certified copy of any court record and other documents mentioned in section…”
Ehrlich v. Bloom, 585 A.2d 809 (Me. 1991). “Finally, although it was error for the court not to request the complete Alaskan record as mandated by 19 M.R.S.A. § 823 (1981), this error was harmless.”
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