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 9 - EXPEDITED PROCESS FOR THE COMMENCEMENT OF PATERNITY ACTIONS
Section 144-351-9-6 - FILING A RECORD OF A PATERNITY PROCEEDING IN A COURT
Current through 2024-38, September 18, 2024
A. After the Division serves a Notice of Paternity Proceeding, it may, unless paternity has been acknowledged pursuant to Section 9.4, above, file a record of the proceeding in a court as a paternity proceeding if an alleged father:
B. If the Division files a record of a proceeding under Section 6(A)(1), above, an alleged father is not entitled to Notice of the filing and may not assert legal defenses after the filing. A filing under 9.6(A)(1) is a filing under the Maine Rules of Civil Procedure, Rule 3, which entitles the mother, or the Department or other payor of public assistance, to a default judgment against the alleged father in his absence for his failure to file a written denial of paternity in accordance with Section 3, above.
C. If the Division files a record of a proceeding in a court under Section 6(A)(2) or 6(A)(3), an alleged father is not required to file an additional denial of paternity and may assert any defense, in law or fact, within 25 days after the mailing to him by ordinary mail of a notice that a record of the proceeding has been filed in a court as a paternity proceeding.
