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 144-351-9-7 - COURT ORDERED RELIEF

A. Establish the alleged father as the legal father of the child(ren);

B. Order the alleged father to make periodic support payments required by the Maine Child Support Guidelines;

C. Order immediate income withholding for payment of current support and/or debt owed;

D. Order the alleged father to obtain health insurance for the child(ren) and to provide continuing proof of coverage to the Division;

E. Order the alleged father to pay reasonable medical, hospital, dental, and optical expenses incurred on behalf of the child(ren);

F. Order the alleged father to reimburse the mother, or the Department or other payor of public assistance, for the past support, birth expenses, and medical expenses incurred on behalf of the minor child(ren) to the time of trial; and grant judgment, as applicable, in the amount of those expenses with execution to issue immediately;

G. Order the alleged father to make payments to the Division when the mother receives TANF for the child(ren) or is a non-TANF client and at all other times to the mother;

H. Order the alleged father to reimburse the Department for the cost of genetic testing if he is not excluded as the father of the child(ren) and is not indigent;

I. Order the alleged father to pay reasonable attorney's fees and costs of prosecution, including prejudgment interest; and

J. Grant any other relief deemed just and proper.