Maine Family Division
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The Maine Family Division is a division of the Maine District Courts.
According to its website, the goals of the Family Division are:
- To promote a timely resolution of family cases.
- To address promptly the establishment, modification and enforcement of child support orders and other orders in family proceedings.
- To provide effective case management for family cases involving children.
- To facilitate parenting arrangements in the best interest of children at an early stage in the proceedings.
- To promote education for the parties about parenting issues and to inform litigants about community services available to help them address family problems.
- To provide court users with a better understanding of court processes.
- To identify domestic relations cases in which there is domestic abuse or a power imbalance in order to protect children and adults and to ensure a fair resolution of the case.
- To promote civility in divorce and other family law proceedings.
- To minimize the harm to children caused by family law cases.
- To make appropriate referrals to alternative dispute resolution services.
Court magistrates
- Lindsay Cadwallader
- Steve Chandler
- Joan M. Kidman
- Robert Langner
- Robert Laskey
- Paul D. Mathews
- Andrea Najarian
- Maria Woodman
External links
Footnotes
Maine courts
Federal courts:
First Circuit Court of Appeals • U.S. District Court: District of Maine • U.S. Bankruptcy Court: District of Maine
State courts:
Maine Supreme Judicial Court • Maine Superior Court • Maine Business and Consumer Court • Maine District Courts • Maine Family Division • Maine Juvenile Court • Maine Probate Courts • Maine Small Claims Court • Maine Treatment Court
State resources:
Courts in Maine • Maine judicial elections • Judicial selection in Maine
