CHAPTER 385
H.P. 425 - L.D. 592
An Act To Allow Case Management Officers To Conduct Hearings in Divorce Court
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1. 4 MRSA §183, sub-§4 is enacted to read:
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.
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.
Effective September 17, 2005.
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