| 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. |
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| 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. |
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| 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. |
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| D. Family case management officers law magistrates shall | employ appropriate case management techniques and have | jurisdiction to hear and dispose of the following matters: |
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| (1) Interim orders in actions involving the | establishment, modification or enforcement of child | support; |
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| (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; |
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| (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); |
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| (3) Final orders in any of the matters included in | subparagraphs (1) and (2) when the proceeding is | uncontested; |
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