An Act To Exempt Protection from Abuse Orders from the Notification and 30-day Waiting Period Requirements under the Uniform Enforcement of Foreign Judgments Act
Maine Legislature, Session 124, LD 0827
Committee: Judiciary
Sponsors: CROCKETT, DILL, I-TILL, NASS, HASTINGS
Amends: 14 MRSA §8004, 14 MRSA §8006, 19-A MRSA §1753

FIRST REGULAR SESSIOr~-2009 
Legislative Document· 
No. 827. 
H.P.563 
House of Representatives, March 3, 2009 
An Act To Exempt Protection from Abuse Orders from the 
Notification and 30-day Waiting Period Requirements under the 
Uniform Enforcement of Foreign Judgments Act 
Reference to the Committee on Judiciary suggested and ordered printed. 
.Presented by Representalive DR Y A 1\11' of 
Cosponsored by Senator HOBBINS Gf\'ork and 
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. Representatives: CROCKETT of Bethel, DILL of Cape Elizabeth, I-TILL of York, MARTD\J of 
Eagle Lake, NASS of Acton., PRIEST ofBrunswicl(, Senators: HASTINGS of Oxford, 
'SIMPSON of i\ndroscoggin. 
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Be it enacted by the People of t4e State of Maine as follows: 
Sec. 1. 14 MRSA §8004,sub-§4 is enacted to read: 
4. Foreign protection orders. Subsections 2 and 3 do not apply if the foreign 
judgment is an order that qualifies as a protection order as defined by 18 United States 
Code, Section 2266 or is the equivalent of a protection from abuse order under Title . 
19-A, PartA or a protection from harassment order under Title 5, chapter 337-A. . 
Sec. 2. 14 MRSA §8006, as enacted by PL 1975, c. 335, is repealed and the 
following enacted in its place: 
§8006. Fees 
1. Filing a foreign judgment. Except as provided in subsection 2, a person filing a 
. foreign judgment shall pay to the clerk of courts the fee then provided for the entry of an 
action. Fees for docketing, transcription or other enforcement proceedings are as provided 
for judgments of the District Court or Superior Court. 
2. Exception. A fee may not be charged for the registration, docketing, transcription 
or other enforcement proceedings of a foreign judgment or order that qualifies as a 
protection order as defined by 18 United States Code, Section 2266 or is the equivalent of 
a protection from abuse order under Title 19-A, Part 4 or a protection from harassment 
order under Title 5, chapter 337-A. 
Sec. 3. 19-A MRSA §1753, sub-§5, as enacted by PL 1999, c. 486, §3 and 
affected by §6, is amended to read: 
. 5. Confidenthility. If-Notwithstanding any other provision of law, if a party alleges 
in an affidavit or a pleading under oath that the health, safety or liberty of a party or child 
would be jeopardized by disclosure 'of identifying information, the information must be 
sealed and may not be disclosed to the other party or the public unless the court orders the 
disclosure to be made after a hearing in which the court takes mto consideration the 
health, safety or liberty of the party or child and determines that the disclosure is in the 
interest of justice. 
SUMMARY 
This bill exempts foreign .protection orders from the requirements of providing notice 
to the defendant and the 30-day wa:iting period for enforcement. This bill' also exempts 
from registration, docketing, transcription or other enforcement fees the filing of a foreign 
protection order. 
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