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Title 19-A, chapter 58 do not apply to child protection
proceedings. If custody or parentage, including de facto parentage,
is an issue in another pending proceeding, the proceedings may be
consolidated in the District Court with respect to the issue of
custody issue, parentage or both. In any event, the court shall
make an order on the child protection petition in accordance with
this chapter. That order takes precedence over any prior order
regarding the child's care and custody.

 
Sec. D-21. 22 MRSA §4032, sub-§2, ¶C, as enacted by PL 1979, c. 733,
§18, is amended to read:

 
C. Name and municipal residence, if known, of each parent,
putative parent and custodian;

 
Sec. D-22. 22 MRSA §4033, sub-§1, ¶A, as enacted by PL 1979, c. 733,
§18, is amended to read:

 
A. The petition and a notice of hearing shall must be
served on the parents and custodians, the guardian ad litem
for the child, any putative parent and any other party at
least 10 days prior to the hearing date. A party may waive
this time requirement if the waiver is written and
voluntarily and knowingly executed in court before a judge.
Service shall must be made in accordance with the District
Court Civil Rules.

 
Sec. D-23. 22 MRSA §4036, sub-§2-A is enacted to read:

 
2-A.__Determination of parentage.__In a protection order or in
any judicial review order, the court may determine the parentage
of the child.__The court's determination of the child's parentage
must be made pursuant to Title 19-A, chapter 61 and has the same
legal effect as all determinations of parentage made pursuant to
that chapter.

 
PART E

 
Sec. E-1. 14 MRSA §704-A, sub-§2, ¶E, as amended by PL 1995, c. 694,
Pt. D, §14 and affected by Pt. E, §2, is further amended to read:

 
E. Conception resulting in paternity parentage within the
meaning of Title 19-A, chapter 53, subchapter I 61;

 
Sec. E-2. 19-A MRSA §2253, sub-§2, ¶B, as enacted by PL 1995, c. 694,
Pt. B, §2 and affected by Pt. E, §2, is amended to read:


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