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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.  Judgment against plaintiff.   If a judgment is entered against the plaintiff and the court finds that the complaint is frivolous, the court may order the plaintiff to pay court costs, reasonable attorney's fees or both.
 
Effective September 12, 2009