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Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 19-A, § 1801 (2026)

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This chapter is known and may be cited as the "Grandparents and Great-grandparents Visitation Act."   [PL 2019, c. 197, §1 (AMD).]
SECTION HISTORY
PL 1995, c. 694, §B2 (NEW). PL 1995, c. 694, §E2 (AFF). PL 2019, c. 197, §1 (AMD).
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3 cases, 2014–2018 · leading case: Lamkin v. Lamkin, 186 A.3d 1276 (Me. 2018).
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Lamkin v. Lamkin, 186 A.3d 1276 (Me. 2018). · cites it 2× “) concluding that she did not have standing to pursue a claim for visitation rights with her grandchild pursuant to the Grandparents Visitation Act (GVA), 19-A M.R.S. §§ 1801 - 1805 (2017), and, on that basis, dismissing her petition.”
Matthew W. Pitts v. Amanda M. Moore, 2014 ME 59, 90 A.3d 1169. “§ 4036(1)(F); (2) pursuant to the Grandparents Visitation Act, 19-A M.R.S. §§ 1801— 1805 (2013), which allows a grandparent to seek "reasonable rights of visitation or access” in certain limited circumstances, 19-A M.”
Maureen D. Davis v. Bennie C. McGuire III, 2018 ME 72, 186 A.3d 837. “2d 291 (addressing the same effect of a third-party claim brought pursuant to the Grandparents Visitation Act, 19-A M.R.S. §§ 1801 - 1805 (2017) ). Accordingly, to protect "against unwarranted intrusions into an intact family's life," see Rideout , 2000 ME 198 , ¶ 30, 761 A.”
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