State Codes and Statutes
Statutes > Maine > Title22 > Title22ch1153sec0 > Title22sec4196Title 22: HEALTH AND WELFARE
Subtitle 3: INCOME SUPPLEMENTATION HEADING: PL 1973, C. 790, §1 (AMD)
Part 4: INTERSTATE COMPACTS
Chapter 1153: INTERSTATE COMPACT ON PLACEMENT OF CHILDREN
Subchapter 1: COMPACT
§4196. Institutional care of delinquent children -- Article VI
A child adjudicated delinquent may be placed in an institution in another party jurisdiction pursuant to this compact but no such placement shall be made unless the child is given a court hearing on notice to the parent or guardian with opportunity to be heard, prior to his being sent to such other party jurisdiction for institutional care and the court finds that:
1. Facilities. Equivalent facilities for the child are not available in the sending agency's jurisdiction; and
2. Best interest of child. Institutional care in the other jurisdiction is in the best interest of the child and will not produce undue hardship.
