| B. Date and place of birth; |
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| C. Present and past employment status; |
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| D. Social security number; and |
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| E. Current or last known address. |
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| | Sec. B-26. 19-A MRSA §2202, sub-§1, as enacted by PL 1995, c. 694, Pt. | B, §2 and affected by Pt. E, §2, is amended to read: |
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| | 1. Purpose. The Legislature finds and declares that child | support is a basic legal right of the State's parents and | children, that mothers and fathers parents have a legal | obligation to provide financial support for their children and | that child support payments can have a substantial impact on | child poverty and state welfare expenditures. It is therefore | the Legislature's intent to encourage payment of child support to | decrease overall costs to the State's taxpayers while increasing | the amount of financial support collected for the State's | children. The department is authorized to initiate action under | this section against individuals who are not in compliance with | an order of support. |
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| | Sec. B-27. 19-A MRSA §2603, sub-§6, as enacted by PL 1995, c. 694, Pt. | B, §2, and affected by Pt. E, §2, is amended to read: |
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| | 6. Other methods. Any other method of enforcement that may be | used in a civil action, including any remedy under the Uniform | Interstate Family Support Act; or |
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| | Sec. B-28. 19-A MRSA §2610 is enacted to read: |
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| | The court at a time before or after judgment may require an | alleged or adjudicated parent to give bond or other security for | the payment of a judgment that exists or may exist in the future. |
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| | Sec. B-29. 19-A MRSA §4002, sub-§4, as amended by PL 2003, c. 672, | §16, is further amended to read: |
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| | 4. Family or household members. "Family or household | members" means spouses or domestic partners or former spouses or | former domestic partners, individuals presently or formerly | living together as spouses, natural parents of the same child, | adult household members related by consanguinity or affinity or | minor children of a household member when the defendant is an |
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