CHAPTER 396

H.P. 952 - L.D. 1298

An Act To Penalize a Person Who is Habitually Late Making

Child Support Payments

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:

Sec. 1. 10 MRSA §8006, sub-§1, ¶¶B and C, as enacted by PL 1993, c. 410, Pt. V, §1, are repealed and the following enacted in their place:

B.__"Compliance with a support order" means that the support obligor has obtained or maintained health insurance coverage if required by a support order and is:

(1)__No more than 60 days in arrears in making any of the following payments:

(a)__Payments in full for current support;

(b)__Periodic payments on a support arrearage pursuant to a written agreement with the Department of Human Services; and

(c)__Periodic payments as set forth in a support order; and

(2)__No more than 30 days in arrears in making payments as described in subparagraph (1) if the obligor has been in arrears for more than 30 days in making payments as described in subparagraph (1) at least 2 times within the past 24 months.