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Maine · Through October 1, 2025

19-A M.R.S. §1563: Admissible evidence

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  1. TITLE 19-A: DOMESTIC RELATIONS
  2. PART 3: PARENTS AND CHILDREN
  3. CHAPTER 53: PATERNITY
  4. SUBCHAPTER 1: PATERNITY

1. Evidence of paternity; admissible. In an action brought under this subchapter, evidence relating to paternity may include, but is not limited to:

A. An expert's opinion concerning the time of conception;

B. Evidence of sexual intercourse between the mother and alleged father at a possible time of conception;

C. Medical, scientific or genetic evidence relating to the alleged father's paternity of the child based upon tests performed by experts; or

D. The statistical probability of the alleged father's paternity based upon the blood or tissue tests.

2. Inadmissible evidence.

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