APPROVED CHAPTER
MAY 30, 2025 158
BY GOVERNOR PUBLIC LAW
STATE OF MAINE
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IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD
TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-FIVE
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S.P. 405 - L.D. 950
An Act to Increase Access to Protection from Abuse Orders by Allowing
Children to File Protection from Abuse Orders on Their Own Behalf
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1. 19-A MRSA §4103, sub-§2, as amended by PL 2023, c. 298, §§4 to 6, is
further amended to read:
2. Minor child Child. A child, a person responsible for a child, as defined in Title
22, section 4002, subsection 9, or a representative of the department when a minor child
has been:
A. A victim of abuse as defined in section 4102, subsection 1 by a family or household
member, a dating partner or an individual related by consanguinity or affinity; or
B. A victim of conduct:
(1) Described as stalking in Title 17‑A, section 210‑A;
(2) Constituting any crime described in Title 17‑A, chapter 11;
(3) Described as unauthorized dissemination of certain private images in Title
17‑A, section 511‑A;
(4) Described as aggravated sex trafficking or sex trafficking in Title 17‑A, section
852 or 853, respectively;
(5) Described as sexual exploitation of a minor or dissemination of sexually
explicit material in Title 17‑A, section 282 or 283, respectively;
(6) Described as harassment by telephone or by electronic communication device
in Title 17‑A, section 506, subsection 1, paragraph A‑1 or A‑2; or
(7) Constituting a civil cause of action under Title 14, section 8305.
For purposes of this paragraph, the conduct need not have been perpetrated by a family
or household member, a dating partner or an individual related by consanguinity or
affinity;
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Statutes affected:
Bill Text ACTPUB , Chapter 158: 19-A.4103