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2.__Duty includes.__A parent's duty of support includes:

 
A.__The reasonable expense of the mother's pregnancy and
confinement;

 
B.__Child support pursuant to the child support guidelines
in chapter 63; and

 
C.__Reasonable attorney's fees for the prosecution of
parentage proceedings.

 
3.__Proceeding.__If parentage has been determined or has been
acknowledged according to the laws of this State, the liabilities
of the parent may be established and enforced in the same or
other proceedings by the other parent, the child or the public
authority that has furnished or may furnish the reasonable
expenses of pregnancy and confinement or support, and by other
persons, including private agencies, to the extent that they have
furnished the reasonable expenses of pregnancy or support.

 
§1505.__Extent of duties of support

 
1.__Presence or residence of obligee.__An obligor has the duty
of support as defined in this chapter regardless of the presence
or residence of the obligee.

 
2.__Preceding 6 years.__The obligor's liabilities for past
support are limited to the 6-year period preceding the
commencement of an action to determine parentage or establish
child support.

 
3.__Disestablished parent.__If a court grants a request to
disestablish parentage, this subsection applies.

 
A.__The disestablished parent remains liable for all unpaid
child support obligations that accumulated prior to the
filing of the action to disestablish parentage.

 
B.__The disestablished parent has no right to reimbursement
from any person or entity for amounts paid pursuant to a
support order.

 
Sec. B-6. 19-A MRSA §1506, as enacted by PL 1995, c. 694, Pt. B, §2
and affected by Pt. E, §2, is amended to read:

 
§1506. Public assistance recipients' rights of privacy

 
When the department seeks to establish paternity parentage of
a dependent child, any inquiry about prior or current sexual


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