Maine's Laws on Living Expenses
Maine
Birth Parent Expenses Allowed Statute: Tit. 18-A, § 9-306(a)
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• Actual cost of legal services
related to consent
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• Prenatal and postnatal
counseling
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• Prenatal, postnatal, and
birthing medical costs for the mother
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• Transportation to the services
that are permitted
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• Foster care for the child
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• Reasonable living expenses for
the birth mother and the child
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• Counseling and legal fees for
the birth father
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• Fees to the placing agency
Birth Parent Expenses Not Allowed Statute: Tit.18-A, §
9-306(c)
Other expenses or payments to
the birth parents are not authorized.
Allowable Payments for Arranging Adoption
Not addressed
in statutes reviewed
Allowable Payments for Relinquishing Child Statute: Tit.18-A, §
9-306(c)
Payments for
allowable expenses may not be contingent upon any future decision a birth parent
may make pertaining to the child.
Allowable Fees Charged by Department/Agency Statute: Tit. 18-A,
§ 9-301
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• The fee for filing an adoption
petition is $50.
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• A fee is charged for the
required State and Federal criminal history record check.
Accounting of Expenses Required by Court Statute: Tit. 18-A, §
9-306(b)
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• The petitioner shall file a
full accounting of all disbursements made or agreed to be made in connection
with the adoption.
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• The accounting must be signed
under penalty of perjury and itemized.
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