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C. The other parent opposes the termination of the parental
rights and responsibilities of the parent convicted of the
gross sexual assault rape.

 
Sec. 15. 22 MRSA §4002, sub-§1-B, ¶A, as amended by PL 2001, c. 696,
§10, is further amended to read:

 
A. The parent has subjected any child for whom the parent
was responsible to aggravated circumstances, including, but
not limited to, the following:

 
(1) Rape, formerly denominated as gross sexual
misconduct, and gross sexual assault, sexual abuse,
incest, aggravated assault, kidnapping, promotion of
prostitution, abandonment, torture, chronic abuse or
any other treatment that is heinous or abhorrent to
society.

 
Sec. 16. 22 MRSA §4055, sub-§1-A, ¶B, as amended by PL 1995, c. 481,
§3, is further amended to read:

 
B. The victim of any of the following crimes was a child
for whom the parent was responsible or the victim was a
child who was a member of a household lived in or frequented
by the parent and the parent has been convicted of:

 
(1) Murder;

 
(2) Felony murder;

 
(3) Manslaughter;

 
(4) Aiding or soliciting suicide;

 
(5) Aggravated assault;

 
(6) Rape, formerly denominated as gross sexual assault
and as gross sexual misconduct;

 
(7) Gross sexual misconduct or gross sexual assault;

 
(8) Sexual abuse of minors Child molestation;

 
(9) Incest;

 
(10) Kidnapping;

 
(11) Promotion of prostitution; or

 
(12) A comparable crime in another jurisdiction;


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