Sec. 1. 19-A MRSA §2009, sub-§9 is enacted to read:

9.__Nonpaternity.__A court shall terminate a child support order upon the putative father if the putative father provides conclusive evidence that the putative father is not the biological father of the child named in the order.

Sec. 2. 19-A MRSA §2012 is enacted to read:

§2012.__Nonpaternity

Notwithstanding any other provision of this Part, if a putative father proves conclusively through a test or other evidence that the putative father is not the biological father of a child, the putative father is not obligated to pay child support for that child under this Part.

SUMMARY

This bill establishes that a putative father who proves through testing or otherwise that he is not the father of a child is not responsible to pay child support for that child.