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Statutes > Maine > Title18a > Title18-Ach5sec0 > Title18-Asec5-102Title 18-A: PROBATE CODE
Article 5: PROTECTION OF PERSONS UNDER DISABILITY AND THEIR PROPERTY
Part 1: GENERAL PROVISIONS
§5-102. Jurisdiction of subject matter; consolidation of proceedings
(a). The court has exclusive jurisdiction over guardianship proceedings and has jurisdiction over protective proceedings to the extent provided in section 5-402.
[ 1979, c. 540, §1 (NEW) .]
(b). When both guardianship and protective proceedings as to the same person are commenced or pending in the same court, the proceedings may be consolidated.
[ 1979, c. 540, §1 (NEW) .]
SECTION HISTORY
1979, c. 540, §1 (NEW).
