Source: http://legislature.maine.gov/legis/bills/bills_128th/billtexts/HP026901.asp
Timestamp: 2020-01-28 13:55:44
Document Index: 99283606

Matched Legal Cases: ['§1802', '§4', '§2', '§4005', '§1', '§12', '§4005', '§4']

HP0269, LD 363, item 1, An Act To Make a Child Living with a Custodial Relative Caregiver Eligible for State-paid Legal Services
LD 363 Session - 128th Maine Legislature
LR 386
Sec. 1. 4 MRSA §1802, sub-§4, as enacted by PL 2009, c. 419, §2, is amended to read:
C. Juvenile defendants . ; and
D. Children who are the subject of a child protection proceeding and who are living with a relative as provided in Title 22, section 4005, subsection 4.
"Indigent legal services" does not include the services of a guardian ad litem appointed pursuant to Title 22, section 4105 4005, subsection 1.
Sec. 2. 22 MRSA §4005, sub-§1, as amended by PL 2001, c. 696, §12, is further amended to read:
1. Guardian ad litem. The following provisions shall govern guardians ad litem. The term guardian ad litem is inclusive of lay court appointed special advocates under Title 4, chapter 31.
F. The guardian ad litem or the child may request the court to appoint legal counsel for the a child not entitled to legal counsel pursuant to subsection 4. The District Court shall pay reasonable costs and expenses of the child's legal counsel appointed pursuant to this paragraph.
Sec. 3. 22 MRSA §4005, sub-§4 is enacted to read:
4. Child. A child who is the subject of a proceeding under this chapter and who is residing with a relative is entitled to legal counsel at state expense in child protection proceedings, excluding a request for a preliminary protection order under section 4034 or a petition for a medical treatment order under section 4071 but including hearings on those orders.
This bill provides that a child who is the subject of a child protection proceeding and who is living with a relative has a right to legal counsel at state expense during the child protection proceeding.