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A. Family case management officers law magistrates must be
members of the Bar of this State and must have experience in
the area of family law. Other qualifications may include
interest, training or experience in mediation and other
alternate dispute resolution techniques, domestic violence,
child development, family dynamics and case management.

 
B. Family case management officers law magistrates shall
devote themselves solely to the official duties of the
position. They Family law magistrates may not engage in the
private practice of law or in any employment, occupation or
business interfering with or inconsistent with the discharge
of their duties. The Chief Judge of the District Court
shall determine the salary salaries of the family case
management officers law magistrates.

 
C. Family case management officers law magistrates are
governed by the Maine Code of Judicial Conduct. Family case
management officers law magistrates serve at the pleasure of
the Chief Judge of the District Court.

 
D. Family case management officers law magistrates shall
employ appropriate case management techniques and have
jurisdiction to hear and dispose of the following matters:

 
(1) Interim orders in actions involving the
establishment, modification or enforcement of child
support;

 
(2) Interim orders in actions involving divorce, legal
separation, paternity or parental rights, including
interim orders in postjudgment proceedings arising out
of these actions, except that a contested motion
concerning interim parental rights and
responsibilities, excluding interim child support
orders, may be determined by the family case management
officer law magistrate only if both parties consent to
determination of the issue or issues in dispute by the
family case management officer law magistrate;

 
(2-A) Parental rights and responsibilities and parent-
child contact orders entered pursuant to Title 19-A,
section 4006, subsection 5 and section 4007, subsection
1, paragraph G to make such orders consistent with
subsequently entered orders in matters included in
subparagraphs (1), (2) and (3);

 
(3) Final orders in any of the matters included in
subparagraphs (1) and (2) when the proceeding is
uncontested;


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