Links to State and Tribal Child Welfare Law and Policy - Maine

Date: August 2024

STATUTES

Website: https://mainelegislature.org/legis/statutes/

Citations:

Adoption: title 18-C, article 9; title 22, chapters 1152-A, 1671
Child protection: title 22, chapter 1071 (subchapters 1, 2, 3)
Child welfare: title 22, chapters 1071 (subchapters 1, 4, 5, 6, 7), 1153, 1154
Guardianship: title 22, chapter 1071, subchapter 4 (§§ 4038-C, 4038-D, 4038-E)
Youth services: title 20-A, chapter 429-A; title 22, chapter 1071, subchapter 4 (§§ 4037-A, 4038-B)
Indian child welfare: title 18-C, §§ 5-213, 9-107; title 22, subtitle 3, part 3, chapter 1066, Maine Indian Child Welfare Act

REGULATION/ADMINISTRATIVE CODE

Website: https://www.maine.gov/sos/cec/rules/10/chaps10.htm#148

AGENCY POLICY

Website: https://www.maine.gov/dhhs/ocfs/about-us/policy-rules

OTHER RESOURCES

Tribal code:

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