| | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows: |
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| | | Sec. 1. 19-A MRSA §2009, sub-§9 is enacted to read: |
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| | | 9.__Nonpaternity.__A court shall terminate a child support | | order upon the putative father if the putative father provides | | conclusive evidence that the putative father is not the | | biological father of the child named in the order. |
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| | | Sec. 2. 19-A MRSA §2012 is enacted to read: |
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| | | Notwithstanding any other provision of this Part, if a | | putative father proves conclusively through a test or other | | evidence that the putative father is not the biological father | | of a child, the putative father is not obligated to pay child | | support for that child under this Part. |
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| | | This bill establishes that a putative father who proves | | through testing or otherwise that he is not the father of a | | child is not responsible to pay child support for that child. |
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