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2012 Maine Revised Statutes
TITLE 18-A: PROBATE CODE
Article 5: PROTECTION OF PERSONS UNDER DISABILITY AND THEIR PROPERTY
18-A §5-541. Registration of guardianship (WHOLE SECTION TEXT EFFECTIVE 7/1/13 by T. 18-A, §5-554; PL 2011, c. 564, §1 (NEW))


18-A ME Rev Stat § 5-541 (2012 through 125th Legis) What's This?

Part 5-A: UNIFORM ADULT GUARDIANSHIP AND PROTECTIVE PROCEEDINGS JURISDICTION ACT

Subpart 4: REGISTRATION AND RECOGNITION OF ORDERS FROM OTHER STATES

§5-541. Registration of guardianship

(CONTAINS TEXT WITH VARYING EFFECTIVE DATES)

(WHOLE SECTION TEXT EFFECTIVE 7/1/13 by T. 18-A, §5-554; PL 2011, c. 564, §1 (NEW))

If a guardian has been appointed in another state and a petition for the appointment of a guardian is not pending in this State, the guardian appointed in the other state, after giving notice to the appointing court of an intent to register, may register the guardianship order in this State by filing as a foreign judgment in a court, in any appropriate county of this State, certified copies of the order and letters of office and the guardian's notification to the appointing court of an intent to register in this State. [2011, c. 564, §1 (NEW).]

SECTION HISTORY

2011, c. 564, §1 (NEW).

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