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Case Citations [i] (Spring 2026)

handle is hein.ali/alifm0042 and id is 1 raw text is: THE AMERICAN LAW INSTITUTE Spring 2026 Citations PRINCIPLES OF THE LAW OF FAMILY DISSOLUTION: ANALYSIS AND RECOMMENDATIONS CHAPTER 2. THE ALLOCATION OF CUSTODIAL AND DECISIONMAKING RESPONSIBILITY FOR CHILDREN TOPIC 1. SCOPE, OBJECTIVES, DEFINITIONS, AND PARTIES § 2.03 Definitions Me.2025. Subsec. (1)(c) cit. in ftn. Former partner of biological mother sought a determination of de facto parentage under the Maine Parentage Act with respect to mother's minor child, alleging that she was present at the child's birth, that she moved in and formed a household with mother and the child very shortly after the birth, and that she was highly involved in the child's life over the course of the next 32 months that they lived together. The trial court dismissed for lack of standing based solely on the pleadings and affidavits. This court vacated and remanded for further proceedings, holding that a hearing was necessary to resolve disputes of fact as to partner's intended and actual role with respect to the child. The court noted that, if partner had begun living together with mother just before the child's birth rather than a few weeks after, she might have been entitled to claim parentage under the Act's nonmarital presumption of parentage provision, which adopted a two-year benchmark as a minimum period of cohabitation to support a parentage claim from the Principles of the Law of Family Dissolution § 2.01(1)(c). Welch v. Chavaree, 340 A.3d 132, 137. CHAPTER 3. CHILD SUPPORT TOPIC 2. ESTABLISHING THE AMOUNT OF A CHILD-SUPPORT AWARD COPYRIGHT C2026 By THE AMERICAN LAW INSTITUTE All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America For earlier citations, see the Appendices, Supplements, or Pocket Parts, if any, that correspond to the subject matter under examination.