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17-A M.R.S. § 557 — Other defenses

Current through First Special Session of the 132nd Maine Legislature (current through October 1, 2025)

Part of Chapter 23: Offenses Against the Family, Maine Revised Statutes.

Full text of 17-A M.R.S. § 557

Statutory text current through the First Special Session of the 132nd Maine Legislature (current through October 1, 2025). This publication reproduces the statutory text of the Maine Revised Statutes from the Revisor of Statutes' official published files; it is not the official statutes of the State of Maine and has not been certified by the Secretary of State.

17-A M.R.S. § 557Primary source, current through the First Special Session of the 132nd Maine Legislature (current through October 1, 2025)

For the purposes of this chapter, a person who in good faith provides treatment for a child or dependent person by spiritual means through prayer may not for that reason alone be determined to have knowingly endangered the welfare of that child or dependent person.

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