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An Act To Allow the Award of Court Costs or Attorney's Fees in Protection from Harassment Actions
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1.  5 MRSA §4655, sub-§1-A  is enacted to read:
 
1-A.  Dismissal.   If a complaint is dismissed, the court may order the plaintiff to pay court costs or reasonable attorney's fees.
 
SUMMARY
This bill authorizes the court to award court costs or reasonable attorney's fees to the defendant in protection from harassment actions if the complaint is dismissed.