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clerk of the trial court shall deliver a copy of the notice of
appeal and the record on appeal to the clerk of the Supreme
Judicial Court named in the notice.__Upon receipt of the notice and
record, the clerk of the Supreme Judicial Court shall place the
appeal on the docket of the court.

 
2.__Briefs and decision.__The appellant's brief must be filed
within 4 days after the appeal is docketed.__Unless the appellant
waives the right to oral argument, the Supreme Judicial Court
shall hear oral argument within 5 days after the appeal is
docketed.__The Supreme Judicial Court shall enter judgment on the
appeal immediately after the oral argument or, if oral argument
has been waived, within 5 days after the appeal is docketed.

 
3.__Filing fee.__A filing fee may not be required of and court
costs may not be assessed against an appellant under this
section.

 
4.__Procedures; constructive order.__Upon motion of the
appellant and for good cause shown, the Supreme Judicial Court
may shorten or extend any of the maximum times set forth in this
section.__If judgment is not entered within 5 days after the
appeal is docketed, the failure to enter judgment is deemed to be
a constructive order of the court authorizing the appellant to
consent to the performance or inducement of an abortion without
the notification of her parent, and the appellant and any other
person may rely on the constructive order as if the court
actually had entered judgment under this section authorizing the
appellant to consent to the performance or inducement of an
abortion without the notification of her parent.

 
In the interest of justice, the Supreme Judicial Court, in an
appeal under this section, shall liberally modify or dispense
with the formal requirements that normally apply to the contents
and form of an appellant's brief.

 
5.__Confidentiality.__All proceedings under this section must
be conducted in a manner that preserves the anonymity of the
appellant on appeal.__The notice of appeal and all papers and
records that pertain to an appeal under this section are
confidential and are not public records under Title 1, chapter 13
or any other provision of law.

 
Sec. 3. 22 MRSA c. 263-B, as amended, is further amended by
repealing the chapter headnote and enacting the following in its
place:

 
CHAPTER 263-B

 
ABORTIONS


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