Maine Revised Statutes
Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 19-A, § 2602 (2026)
Support orders
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1.
Installment payments.
In a support order or costs, the court may include an order to pay specified installment payments as provided under Title 14, sections 3126‑A to 3136.
[PL 1999, c. 587, §11 (AMD).]
2.
Future obligations.
The court may order installment payments for future obligations under the decree. The court may enforce its decree ordering installment payments as provided under Title 14, sections 3126‑A to 3136. In enforcement actions under those sections, the person ordered to pay is deemed a judgment debtor and the person entitled to receive the payments a judgment creditor.
[PL 1999, c. 587, §12 (AMD).]
3.
Disclosure hearing.
The court may make an order under subsection 1 without a separate disclosure hearing, if the court has already determined the person's ability to pay and the person's receipt of money from a source other than a source that is otherwise exempt from trustee process, attachment and execution.
[PL 1995, c. 694, Pt. B, §2 (NEW); PL 1995, c. 694, Pt. E, §2 (AFF).]
SECTION HISTORY
PL 1995, c. 694, §B2 (NEW). PL 1995, c. 694, §E2 (AFF). PL 1997, c. 466, §25 (AMD). PL 1997, c. 466, §28 (AFF). PL 1999, c. 587, §§11,12 (AMD).
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3
cases, 2012–2018 · leading case: McBride v. Worth, 184 A.3d 14 (Me. 2018).
McBride v. Worth, 184 A.3d 14 (Me. 2018). “The court found that McBride had "been chasing spousal support for five and one half years[, and] it was not until she was finally able to implement the income withholding order in April of 2016 that [McBride] began to receive regular ongoing payments.”
Anne M. McBride v. Jeffrey R. Worth, 2018 ME 54. “See 19-A M.R.S. § 2602; 19-A M.R.S. § 2603. However, because the judgment misstates the amount of ongoing spousal support and we are unable to ascertain what sum the court intended to be withheld to pay the arrears, we cannot fully address McBride’s argument that the court…”
Cloutier v. Turner, 2012 ME 4, 34 A.3d 1146. “Pursuant to both 19-A M.R.S. § 2602(2) (2011) 3 and our precedent, see Carter v.”
Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 19-A, § 2602(2): 1 case
Cloutier v. Turner, 2012 ME 4, 34 A.3d 1146. “Pursuant to both 19-A M.R.S. § 2602(2) (2011) 3 and our precedent, see Carter v.”
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