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| | | An Act To Allow Case Management Officers To Conduct |
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| | | Hearings in Divorce Court |
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| | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows: |
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| | | Sec. 1. 4 MRSA §183, sub-§4 is enacted to read: |
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| | | 4.__Pilot project.__Notwithstanding the jurisdictional | | limitations of subsection 1, the Chief Justice of the Supreme | | Judicial Court may establish a pilot project in which one or more | | family case management officers have jurisdiction to hear and | | dispose of all elements of a divorce action when both parties | | consent.__Orders of the family case management officer are | | subject to appellate review in the same manner as any final order | | of the District Court. |
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| | | Sec. 2. Report. The State Court Administrator shall report to the | | joint standing committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction | | over judiciary matters by January 15, 2007 explaining the results | | of any pilot project implemented under the Maine Revised | | Statutes, Title 4, section 183, subsection 4. |
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