Title 14

If a party establishes that an appeal from a foreign-country judgment is pending or will be taken, the court may stay any proceeding with regard to the foreign-country judgment until the appeal is concluded, the time for appeal expires or the appellant has had sufficient time to …

An action to recognize a foreign-country judgment must be commenced within the earlier of the time during which the foreign-country judgment is effective in the foreign country and 15 years from the date that the foreign-country judgment became effective in the foreign country.

In applying and construing this uniform act, consideration must be given to the need to promote uniformity of the law with respect to its subject matter among states that enact it.

This Act does not prevent the recognition under principles of comity or otherwise of a foreign-country judgment not within the scope of this Act.

This Act takes effect January 1, 2023.

An action taken between August 8, 2022 and January 1, 2023 to recognize a foreign judgment that would have been valid under former chapter 753 is valid. For purposes of this section, "foreign judgment" has the same meaning as in former section 8502, subsection 2.

This chapter may be known and cited as "the Uniform Registration of Canadian Money Judgments Act."

As used in this Act, unless the context otherwise indicates, the following terms have the following meanings. [PL 2021, c. 689, §3 (NEW).] 1. Canada. "Canada" means the sovereign nation of Canada and its provinces and territories. "Canadian" has a corresponding meaning. 2. Canadi…

1. Enforcement of judgment. This Act applies to a Canadian judgment to the extent the judgment is within the scope of section 8803, if recognition of the judgment is sought to enforce the judgment. 2. Judgment for recovery of sum and other relief. A Canadian judgment that grants …

1. Registration in office of the court clerk. A person seeking recognition of a Canadian judgment described in section 8903 to enforce the judgment may register the judgment in the office of the clerk of a court in which an action for recognition of the judgment could be filed un…

1. Effect. Subject to subsection 2, a Canadian judgment registered under section 8904 has the same effect as provided in chapter 759 for a judgment a court determines to be entitled to recognition. 2. Enforcement limitations. A Canadian judgment registered under section 8904 may …

1. Notice served on person against whom judgment registered. A person that registers a Canadian judgment under section 8904 shall cause notice of registration to be served, in the same manner that a summons and complaint must be served pursuant to the Maine Rules of Civil Procedu…

1. Thirty days to vacate after notice. Not later than 30 days after notice of registration is served under section 8906, the person against whom the judgment was registered may file a motion to vacate the registration. The court for cause may provide for a shorter or longer time …

A person that files a motion under section 8907 to vacate registration of a Canadian judgment may request the court to stay enforcement of the judgment pending determination of the motion. The court shall grant the stay if the person establishes a likelihood of success on the mer…

1. Application of chapter 759 to this Act. This Act supplements the Uniform Foreign-country Money Judgments Recognition Act and that Act, other than section 8806, applies to a registration under this Act. 2. Options for recognition of Canadian judgment. A person may seek recognit…

In applying and construing this uniform act, consideration must be given to the need to promote uniformity of the law with respect to its subject matter among states that enact it.

This Act applies to the registration of a Canadian judgment entered in a proceeding that is commenced in Canada on, before or after January 1, 2023.

This Act takes effect January 1, 2023.

An action taken between August 8, 2022 and January 1, 2023 to recognize a foreign judgment that would have been valid under former chapter 753 is valid. For purposes of this section, "foreign judgment" has the same meaning as in former section 8502, subsection 2.

The Legislature finds and declares that: [PL 2023, c. 648, Pt. A, §1 (NEW).] 1. Legal right to gender-affirming health care services and reproductive health care services. Access to gender-affirming health care services and reproductive health care services in this State, as auth…

As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise indicates, the following terms have the following meanings. [PL 2023, c. 648, Pt. A, §1 (NEW).] 1. Aid and assist legally protected health care activity. "Aid and assist legally protected health care activity" and "aiding and …

1. Civil action. An aggrieved person may bring a civil action for damages, punitive damages, equitable relief, injunctive relief or any other appropriate relief against another person that, whether or not acting under color of law, files or prosecutes hostile litigation. For purp…

1. Jurisdiction and due process required. A court of this State may not give any force or effect to any foreign judgment in connection with hostile litigation if the court that issued the foreign judgment did not: A. Have personal jurisdiction over the defendant; [PL 2023, c. 648…

1. Court order. Notwithstanding any provision of state law or court rule to the contrary and except as required by federal law, a court of this State may not order a person who is domiciled or found within this State to give testimony or a statement or produce documents or other …

1. Prohibition on expenditure of public resources. Notwithstanding any provision of state law to the contrary and except as required by federal law, a public agency, including a law enforcement agency, and an employee, appointee, officer or official or any other person acting on …

Notwithstanding any general or special law or common law conflict of law rule to the contrary, the laws of this State govern in any case or controversy heard in this State involving legally protected health care activity or aiding and assisting legally protected health care activ…

As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise indicates, the following terms have the following meanings. [PL 2025, c. 417, §2 (NEW).] 1. Close relation. "Close relation" means, with respect to a person, a current or former spouse or domestic partner, parent, child, sibli…

A person may not engage in conduct that constitutes doxing of a minor. A person that violates this section may be subject to a civil action for damages pursuant to section 9103.

A minor may bring a civil action against a person who violates section 9102 for injunctive relief, actual damages, compensatory damages, any combination of those remedies or any other appropriate relief. [PL 2025, c. 417, §2 (NEW).] 1. Attorney's fees and costs. A plaintiff who p…