Sec. 9. 19-A MRSA c. 67, sub-c. 2, as amended, is repealed.

Sec. 10. 19-A MRSA c. 67, sub-c. 2-A is enacted to read:

SUBCHAPTER 2-A

JURISDICTION

§2961.__Bases for jurisdiction over nonresident

1.__Exercise of jurisdiction.__In a proceeding to establish or enforce a support order or to determine parentage of a child, a tribunal of this State may exercise personal jurisdiction over a nonresident individual or the individual's guardian or conservator if:

A.__The individual is personally served with notice within this State;

B.__The individual submits to the jurisdiction of this State by consent, by entering a general appearance or by filing a responsive document having the effect of waiving any contest to personal jurisdiction;

C.__The individual resided with the child in this State;

D.__The individual resided in this State and provided prenatal expenses or support for the child;

E.__The child resides in this State as a result of the acts or directives of the individual;

F.__The individual engaged in sexual intercourse in this State and the child may have been conceived by that act of intercourse; or

G.__There is any other basis consistent with the Constitution of Maine and the United States Constitution for the exercise of personal jurisdiction.

2.__Use of bases to establish personal jurisdiction.__The bases of personal jurisdiction set forth in subsection 1 or in any other law of this State may not be used to acquire personal jurisdiction for a tribunal of the State to modify a child support order of another state unless the requirements of section 3253 or 3257 are met.