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(4) Final orders in a contested proceeding when child
support is the only contested issue;

 
(4-A) Applications for writs of habeas corpus to
facilitate the attendance of proceedings by and return
of a party who is incarcerated;

 
(4-B) Requests for access to confidential Department
of Health and Human Services child protective records
in accordance with Title 22, section 4008. The family
case management officer law magistrate may review
records in camera to determine whether to grant access;
and

 
(5) Other actions assigned by the Chief Judge of the
District Court.

 
E. Interim orders in any of the matters included in
paragraph D, subparagraphs (1), (2) and (2-A) are effective
immediately and are subject to de novo review by a judge at
the final hearing. Final orders in any of the matters
included in paragraph D, subparagraphs (3) and (4) are
subject to appellate review in the same manner as any final
order of the District Court. The family case management
officer law magistrate shall inform the parties of the
rights of review established in this paragraph.

 
F. A family case management officer law magistrate has the
power to impose punitive and remedial sanctions in a summary
proceeding for contempt occurring in the actual presence of
the family case management officer law magistrate and seen
or heard by the family case management officer law
magistrate. The Maine Rules of Civil Procedure relating to
summary contempt proceedings apply to a family case
management officer law magistrate exercising the contempt
power under this paragraph.

 
G.__The Chief Judge of the District Court may allow family
law magistrates to wear robes of any color other than black
when presiding over any proceeding.

 
2. Additional staff. The State Court Administrator shall
provide other necessary staff to the Family Division, within the
limits of funds available, and shall seek to take full advantage
of federal funding, including reimbursements.

 
3. Reports. The State Court Administrator shall keep
statistical records relating to the cases handled by the Family
Division and report this information to the Supreme Judicial


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