
Divorce, Custody, & Family
How To: Change or Enforce Your Maine Divorce or Parental Rights Order
If you are trying to modify (change) or enforce a final order from a Parental Rights and Responsibilities or Divorce case in Maine, you might find some helpful information here. This guide will walk you through the process for filing these motions.
How To: Navigate Your Divorce or Parental Rights Case in Maine
Printable Word Version of this Guide
Divorce & Parental Rights
This page links to all of our divorce and parental rights form kits. We have put together several forms kits - they have all the forms you will need for certain kinds of divorce or parental rights and responsibilities cases. You can use these kits, or you can find a particular form you need from the All Court Forms page.
Adoption, Guardianship of a Minor, Child Name Change and Maine's Home Court Act: When, where and how to file the Jurisdictional Affidavit
What is the Maine Home Court Act?
The Home Court Act is a Maine law passed in 2016. It is meant to prevent more than one case about the same child from happening in different courts. Courts use a “Jurisdictional Affidavit” to find out about all of the cases involving a child and determine where your case should be addressed.
Complaint for Parentage, Parental Rights & Responsibilities, and Child Support: Maine Court Forms Packet
Complete packet of the fillable forms you will need to file a Complaint for Parentage, Parental Rights & Responsibilities, and Child Support. It does not include the Family Matter Summons and Preliminary Injunction (FM-038) which you must buy from the court for $5.
Motion to Modify: Maine Court Forms Packet
The set of forms needed to make a Motion to Modify a Maine Divorce or Parental Rights order.
If You are the Defendant in a Family Law Case: Maine Court Forms
If you have been served with a Divorce or Parental Rights complaint, and you wish to be heard by the court, you must fill out, file, and serve certain court forms.
Motion for Contempt: Maine Court Forms
Forms Packet to file a Motion for Contempt of a family law court order in Maine
Motion to Enforce: Maine Court Forms Packet
Forms Packet to file a Motion to Enforce a family law court order in Maine