CHAPTER 521
H.P. 1292 - L.D. 1852
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1. 22 MRSA §4038-C, sub-§7, as enacted by PL 2005, c. 372, §6, is amended to read:
7. Effect on inheritance rights and public benefits. The appointment of a permanency guardian does not affect the inheritance rights between a child and the child's parent or parents.
The appointment of a permanency guardian may not affect the child's entitlement to benefits due that child from any 3rd person, agency or state or the United States. The Except as required by federal law or regulation, the permanency guardian's resources and income are not counted in determining eligibility for any public benefit to which the child may be entitled.
The permanency guardianship does not affect the rights and benefits that a Native American derives from descent from a member of a federally recognized Indian tribe.
Sec. 2. 22 MRSA §4038-C, sub-§11 is enacted to read:
11. Application to pending cases. The District Court may appoint a permanency guardian in a proceeding pending on September 17, 2005 or in a proceeding commenced on or after September 17, 2005.
Sec. 3. 22 MRSA §4038-D, sub-§10, as enacted by PL 2005, c. 372, §6, is amended to read:
10. Permanency guardian's eligibility for public benefits.
TheExcept as required by federal law or regulation, the guardianship subsidy may not be counted as resources or income in the determination of the permanency guardian's eligibility for any public benefit.Sec. 4. 22 MRSA §4038-D, sub-§11 is enacted to read:
11. Application to pending cases. The department may provide a guardianship subsidy pursuant to this section to a child who is the subject of a child protection proceeding pending on September 17, 2005 or to a child who is the subject of a child protection proceeding commenced on or after September 17, 2005.
Effective August 23, 2006.
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