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MaineLD 922132nd Maine Legislature (2025-2026)House

An Act to Amend the Procedure for Filing a Petition to Terminate Parental Rights and Responsibilities

Sponsored By: Amy Kuhn (Democratic)

Became Law

DOMESTIC RELATIONSDOMESTIC RELATIONS - PARENTAL RIGHTS

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Bill Overview

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Where and how to file to end parental rights

The law sets clear steps to file a case to end a parent's rights. You must file the petition in District Court. If a court already decided parental rights before, you file in that same case. The petition must be sworn. It must list the child's name and date and place of birth; your name, address, and your relationship to the child; each parent's name; a short summary of facts that support ending rights; and what a termination order means. It must also tell the parent that they have a right to a lawyer and to ask the court for a lawyer if they cannot afford one.

Sponsors & Cosponsors

Sponsor

  • Amy Kuhn

    Democratic • House

Cosponsors

There are no cosponsors for this bill.

Roll Call Votes

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Actions Timeline

  1. ACTPUB Chapter 20

    5/1/2026

  2. PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence.

    4/8/2025Senate

  3. PASSED TO BE ENACTED. Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.

    4/1/2025House

  4. Report READ and ACCEPTED, in concurrence.READ ONCEUnder suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED, in concurrence.Ordered sent down forthwith.

    3/27/2025Senate

  5. CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAYUnder suspension of the rules CONSENT CALENDAR - SECOND DAY.The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED.Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.

    3/25/2025House

  6. Carried over, in the same posture, to the next special or regular session of the 132nd Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 519.

    3/21/2025House

  7. Received by the Clerk of the House on March 5, 2025.The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on JUDICIARY pursuant to Joint Rule 308.2 and ordered printed pursuant to Joint Rule 401.

    3/5/2025House

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