| | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows: |
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| | | Sec. 1. 19-A MRSA §1653, sub-§3, ¶P, as amended by PL 2001, c. 665, §2, | | is further amended to read: |
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| | | P. If the child is under one year of age, whether the child | is being breast-fed; and |
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| | | Sec. 2. 19-A MRSA §1653, sub-§3, ¶Q, as enacted by PL 2001, c. 665, §3, | | is amended to read: |
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| | | Q. The existence of a parent's conviction for a sex offense | | or a sexually violent offense as those terms are defined in | Title 34-A, section 11203. |
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| | | Sec. 3. 19-A MRSA §1653, sub-§3, ¶R is enacted to read: |
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| | | R.__If there is a person residing with the parent who will | | provide the primary residence for the child, whether that | | person is a convicted sex offender. |
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| | | This bill requires a court to consider persons with whom a | | parent lives in determining whether to grant primary residence or | | contact. It allows the court to prohibit residence or contact | | with a parent who lives with a convicted sex offender. |
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