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Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 19-A, § 3152 (2026)

Effect of registration for enforcement

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1.  Registered when filed.  A support order or income-withholding order issued in another state or a foreign support order is registered when the order is filed in the registering tribunal of this State.  
[PL 2009, c. 95, §63 (AMD); PL 2009, c. 95, §87 (AFF).]
2.  Enforceability of registered order.  A registered support order issued in another state or a foreign country is enforceable in the same manner and is subject to the same procedures as an order issued by a tribunal of this State.  
[PL 2009, c. 95, §63 (AMD); PL 2009, c. 95, §87 (AFF).]
3.  Recognition and enforcement of registered order; no modification.  Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, a tribunal of this State shall recognize and enforce, but may not modify, a registered support order if the issuing tribunal had jurisdiction.  
[PL 2009, c. 95, §63 (AMD); PL 2009, c. 95, §87 (AFF).]
SECTION HISTORY
PL 1995, c. 694, §B2 (NEW). PL 1995, c. 694, §E2 (AFF). PL 2009, c. 95, §63 (AMD). PL 2009, c. 95, §87 (AFF).
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Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1999–2021 · leading case: Hawley v. Murphy, 1999 ME 127 (Me. 1999).
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Hawley v. Murphy, 1999 ME 127 (Me. 1999). · cites it 2× “19-A M.R.S.A. § 3152(2), (3) (1998). Maine courts, however, do not have the authority to enforce a divorce order issued in another state by a court lacking subject matter jurisdiction to issue the order.”
Patricia H. Parks Monteith v. George H. Monteith Jr., 2021 ME 40 (Me. 2021). · cites it 2× “See 19-A M.R.S. § 3152(3) (“Except as otherwise provided in this 5 chapter, a tribunal of this State shall recognize and enforce, but may not modify, a registered support order if the issuing tribunal had jurisdiction.”
Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 19-A, § 3152(2): 1 case
Hawley v. Murphy, 1999 ME 127 (Me. 1999). “19-A M.R.S.A. § 3152(2), (3) (1998). Maine courts, however, do not have the authority to enforce a divorce order issued in another state by a court lacking subject matter jurisdiction to issue the order.”
Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 19-A, § 3152(3): 1 case
Patricia H. Parks Monteith v. George H. Monteith Jr., 2021 ME 40 (Me. 2021). “See 19-A M.R.S. § 3152(3) (“Except as otherwise provided in this 5 chapter, a tribunal of this State shall recognize and enforce, but may not modify, a registered support order if the issuing tribunal had jurisdiction.”
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