‘Sec. 1. 19-A MRSA §1651, as amended by PL 2015, c. 296, Pt. C, §17 and affected by Pt. D, §1, is repealed and the following enacted in its place:
§ 1651. Rights of parents
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Session - 128th Maine Legislature C "A", Filing Number H-441, Sponsored by
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Amend the bill by striking out everything after the enacting clause and before the summary and inserting the following:
‘Sec. 1. 19-A MRSA §1651, as amended by PL 2015, c. 296, Pt. C, §17 and affected by Pt. D, §1, is repealed and the following enacted in its place:
§ 1651. Rights of parents
SUMMARY
This amendment, which is the minority report of the committee, strikes the portion of the bill requiring a court to order shared parental rights and responsibilities in a divorce or parental rights and responsibilities proceeding unless it finds a compelling state interest to justify an alternative arrangement. The amendment instead provides that the State or a political subdivision of the State may not infringe a parent's fundamental right to direct the care, custody and control of the parent's child unless the infringement is justified by a compelling state interest and narrowly tailored to achieve that compelling state interest through the least restrictive means necessary.