Maine Child Support: Division of Support Enforcement & Recovery (DSER)

Announcements

• Child Support Table has been developed with an effective date of 12/01/2008
  For more information Maine Child Support Table (Microsoft Word also in Adobe PDF)

• Are you in the military? The Soldiers and Sailors relief act may pertain to you.
  For more information refer to: http://www.defenselink.mil/specials/Relief_Act_Revision/

• DSER Enhanced Voice Response System Start-up Many additional features are now available on DSER's  -  Voice Response System. For the expanded system's features and instructions for using the expanded system, see Voice Response Features and How to Use the Voice Response System.

• The FIWO is now available on this site. Federal Income Withholding Order (PDF*)
• Child Support - Federal Annual Fee of $25
  For more information see Frequently Asked Questions (Word*)

19-A §2302. SUPPORT OBLIGATIONS WHEN OBLIGOR RECEIVES PUBLIC ASSISTANCE

2. Child support obligation during period that obligor is assisted obligor. For the period during which an obligor is an assisted obligor and for 2 weeks thereafter, the assisted obligor's child support obligation is automatically suspended. At the end of the 2 weeks, the obligor's child support obligation resumes automatically at the same level at which it was suspended unless modified by an order entered pursuant to subsection 3.

A debt previously incurred under section 2301 may not be collected from a responsible parent while that parent is an assisted obligor, except that such a debt may be collected from nonrecurring lump sum income, as defined in Title 22, section 3762, subsection 11, paragraph A, of a responsible parent while that parent is an assisted obligor.