CHAPTER 217
H.P. 864 - L.D. 1136
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1. 14 MRSA §711 is repealed.
Sec. 2. 18-A MRSA §3-817, sub-§(a), as enacted by PL 1979, c. 540, §1, is amended to read:
(a) No personal action or cause of action shall be is lost by the death of either party, but the same shall survive survives for and against the personal representative of the deceased, except that actions or causes of action for the recovery of penalties and forfeitures of money under penal statutes and proceedings in bastardy cases shall do not survive the death of the defendant. A personal representative may seek relief from a judgment in an action to which the deceased was a party to the same extent that the deceased might have done so.
Effective September 21, 2001, unless otherwise indicated.
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