Source: http://womenslaw.org/statutes_detail.php?statute_id=6333
Timestamp: 2013-05-25 03:27:22
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Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 4655', 'art 12', '§ 4651', '§ 4652', '§ 4653', '§ 4654', '§ 4655', '§ 4656', '§ 4657', '§ 4659', '§ 4681', 'art 1', '§ 393', '§ 2931', 'art 1', '§ 2', 'art 2', '§ 201', '§ 202', '§ 203', '§ 204', '§ 207', '§ 208', '§ 209', '§ 210', '§ 210', '§ 211', '§ 253', '§ 301', '§ 302', '§ 303', '§ 506', '§ 506', '§ 511', '§ 556', '§ 802', '§ 805', '§ 806', 'art 3', '§ 1501', '§ 1653', '§ 1657', '§ 1732', '§ 1803', '§ 2001', 'art 4', '§ 4001', '§ 4002', '§ 4003', '§ 4004', '§ 4005', '§ 4006', '§ 4007', '§ 4008', '§ 4009', '§ 4010', '§ 4011', '§ 4012', '§ 4013', '§ 4014', 'art 2', '§ 3472', 'art 3', '§ 4002', '§ 4005', '§ 4005', '§ 4655', '§ 1', '§ 5', '§ 6', '§ 2', '§ 7', '§ 2', '§ 3', '§ 8', '§ 2', '§ 1', '§ 2']

WomensLaw.org | Maine Statutes: § 4655. Relief
Maine Revised Statutes (select sections)Title 5. Administrative Procedures and ServicesPart 12. Human RightsChapter 337-A. Protection from Harassment§ 4651. Definitions§ 4652. Filing of complaint; jurisdiction§ 4653. Commencement of proceedings§ 4654. Hearings§ 4655. Relief§ 4656. Identifying information sealed§ 4657. Notification§ 4659. ViolationChapter 337-B. Civil Rights Act§ 4681. Violations of constitutional rights; civil action by Attorney GeneralTitle 15. Court Procedure--CriminalPart 1. Criminal Procedure GenerallyChapter 15. Possession of Firearms by Prohibited Persons§ 393. Possession of firearms prohibited for certain personsTitle 17. CrimesChapter 93-C. Interference with Constitutional and Civil Rights§ 2931. ProhibitionTitle 17-A. Maine Criminal CodePart 1. General PrinciplesChapter 1. Preliminary§ 2. DefinitionsPart 2. Substantive OffensesChapter 9. Offenses Against the Person§ 201. Murder§ 202. Felony murder§ 203. Manslaughter§ 204. Aiding or soliciting suicide§ 207. Assault§ 208. Aggravated assault§ 209. Criminal threatening§ 210. Terrorizing§ 210-A. Stalking§ 211. Reckless conductChapter 11. Sexual Assaults§ 253. Gross sexual assaultChapter 13. Kidnapping and Criminal Restraint§ 301. Kidnapping§ 302. Criminal restraint§ 303. Criminal restraint by parentChapter 21. Offenses Against Public Order § 506. Harassment by telephone§ 506-A. Harassment§ 511. Violation of privacy§ 556. IncestChapter 33. Arson and Other Property Destruction§ 802. Arson§ 805. Aggravated criminal mischief§ 806. Criminal mischiefTitle 19-A. Domestic RelationsPart 3. Parents and ChildrenChapter 51. General Provisions§ 1501. DefinitionsChapter 55. Rights and Responsibilities§ 1653. Parental rights and responsibilities§ 1657. Modification or termination of orders for parental rights and responsibilitiesChapter 58. Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act§ 1732. DefinitionsChapter 59. Visitation Rights of Grandparents§ 1803. PetitionChapter 63. Child Support Guidelines§ 2001. DefinitionsPart 4. Protection from Abuse Chapter 101. Protection from Abuse§ 4001. Purposes§ 4002. Definitions§ 4003. Filing of complaint; jurisdiction§ 4004. Application of other acts§ 4005. Commencement of proceeding§ 4006. Hearings§ 4007. Relief§ 4008. Identifying information sealed§ 4009. Notification§ 4010. Procedure§ 4011. Violation§ 4012. Law enforcement agency responsibilities§ 4013. Maine Commission on Domestic and Sexual Abuse§ 4014. Certification of batterers' intervention programsTitle 22. Health and WelfareSubtitle 3. Income SupplementationPart 2. Aged, Blind, Disabled or Medically Indigent PersonsChapter 958-A. Adult Protective Services Subchapter 1. General Provisions§ 3472. DefinitionsPart 3. ChildrenChapter 1071. Child and Family Services and Child Protection ActSubchapter 1. General Provisions§ 4002. Definitions§ 4005-D. Access to and participating in proceedings§ 4005-E. Relatives; visitation and access; placementChapter 337-A. Protection from Harassmentback to top§ 4655. Relief1. Protection order; consent agreement. The court, after a hearing and upon finding that the defendant has committed the harassment alleged, may grant any protection order or approve any consent agreement to bring about a cessation of harassment, which may include:
A. Directing the defendant to refrain from harassing, threatening, assaulting, molesting, attacking or otherwise abusing the plaintiff or the plaintiff's employees;
B. Directing the defendant to refrain from going on the premises of the plaintiff's residence or property, provided that the court may not use this subsection to evict a defendant from the rental premises in an action brought by a plaintiff;
C. Directing the defendant to refrain from interference with or destruction of the plaintiff's property;
(2) Being at or in the vicinity of the plaintiff's home, school, business or place of employment;
E. Ordering the defendant to pay court costs or reasonable attorney's fees; and
F. Entering any other orders determined necessary or appropriate in the discretion of the court.
1-A. Judgment against plaintiff. If a judgment is entered against the plaintiff and the court finds that the complaint is frivolous, the court may order the plaintiff to pay court costs, reasonable attorney's fees or both.
6. Service of order or consent decree. The court shall order a law enforcement agency; or, if the defendant is present in the courthouse, a court security officer qualified pursuant to Title 4, section 17, subsection 15; or, if the defendant is in the custody of the Department of Corrections, the chief administrative officer or the chief administrative officer's designee at the correctional facility, to serve the defendant personally with a protective order or consent decree.
A. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, service of an order may be made pursuant to this section through the use of electronically transmitted printed copies of orders that have been transmitted directly from the court to the law enforcement agency or correctional facility making service. Return of proof of service may be made by electronic transmission of the proof of service directly to the court from the law enforcement officer making service or the chief administrative officer, or the chief administrative officer's designee, of the correctional facility making service.
B. In any subsequent criminal prosecution for violation of this section when the service of an order was made through the use of an electronically transmitted printed copy of the order, with 10 days' advance written notice to the prosecution, the defendant may request that the prosecution call as a witness the law enforcement officer who served the order or the chief administrative officer, or the chief administrative officer's designee, of the correctional facility that served the order.1987, c. 515, § 1; 1987, c. 708, § 5; 1993, c. 199, § 6; 1993, c. 475, § 2; 1995, c. 265, §§ 7 to 9; 1999, c. 542, § 2, eff. March 6, 2000; 2001, c. 134, § 3; 2003, c. 658, § 8; 2009, c. 94, § 2; 2009, c. 263, § 1; 2009, c. 555, §§ 2, 3.	About WomensLaw.org |