Code of Maine Rules
10 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
144 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES - GENERAL
Chapter 351 - Maine Child Support Enforcement Manual
Chapter 11 - RULES FOR HEARINGS
Section 144-351-11-4 - EVIDENCE
Current through 2024-38, September 18, 2024
A. Exhibits
The hearing officer shall mark all exhibits received in the order of their introduction, and make them part of the record.
B. Certain papers deemed part of the record
A notice of hearing or a review affidavit/affirmation and a notice of review hearing in a §2451 proceeding, are deemed part of the record if either (1) the hearing officer has a copy of the documents when the hearing begins, or (2) the documents are presented to the hearing officer with sufficient identifying information for inclusion in the record, without the need of reading the documents into the record.
C. Documentary/written evidence need not be read into the record
Documentary or written evidence shall be identified sufficiently for it to be admitted into evidence but need not be read into the record, provided that a copy thereof is possessed by or is made available to the person against whose interest it is offered in evidence.