| | | Sec. 12. 19-A MRSA §2451, first ¶, as enacted by PL 1995, c. 694, Pt. | | B, §2 and affected by Pt. E, §2, is amended to read: |
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| | | Within 30 days of receiving notice of any action under this | | article, including an administrative decision establishing an | | obligation to provide health insurance and payment for other | medical expenses, and including an administrative decision that | did not establish an obligation to provide health insurance and | payment for other medical expenses, | | department may move for a review of any action under this article | | by serving a request for review, together with an affidavit | | stating the grounds upon which the request is based, upon the | | other party. The department may review any action under this | | article without proceeding under this section. The department | | acting on behalf of another state or its instrumentality or a | | person residing in another state constitutes good cause within | | the meaning of Title 5, section 9057, subsection 5. |
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| | | This bill makes the following changes to the laws governing | | child support. |
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| | | 1. It requires the court to order either or both parents of a | | juvenile to pay child support in accordance with the child | | support guidelines when the court commits a juvenile to the | | Department of Health and Human Services, to the Department of | | Corrections juvenile correctional facility or to a relative or | | other person pursuant to the Maine Juvenile Code. |
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| | | 2. It allows the Commissioner of Health and Human Services to | | designate employees of the department who are not attorneys to | | represent the department in proceedings involving the expedited | | process for the commencement of paternity actions filed by a | | party other than the department and in proceedings to hear a | | motion to modify child support. |
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| | | 3. It provides that both parents are responsible for child | | support if a caretaker relative provides primary residential care | | for a child. |
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| | | 4. It provides that with regard to any initial or modified | | child support order that affects more than one child and that was | | entered before January 18, 2005, unless that order states the | | manner in which the order must be modified upon the events listed | | in the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 19-A, section 2006, | | subsection 8, paragraph G, subparagraphs (1) to (4), such an | | order must be automatically modified to address any of the | | following events: any child reaches 18 years of age and has |
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