In re Paige L.

[¶ 1] The Legislature enacted 22 M.R.S. § 4036(1-A) (2016) authorizing a court that has made a finding of jeopardy in a title 22 child protection proceeding to “enter an order awarding parental rights and responsibilities” pursuant to 19-A M.R.S. § 1663 (2016), “if the court determines that the order 'will protect the child from jeopardy and is in the child’s best interest.” A title 19-A parental rights and responsibilities order can provide more permanent protection for a child when, as in this case, at least one parent is fit to care for the child.

[¶ 2] Section 4036(1-A)(A) provides that…