Maryland Statutes
Family Law
Title 10 - Support in General

Section 10-108.1 - Reports to Consumer Reporting Agencies; Notice; Appeal; Regulations - (a) In this section, “consumer reporting agency” means any person...

Section 10-108.2 - Report From Financial Institution - (a) (1) Except as otherwise provided in this subtitle, in...

Section 10-108.3 - Action to Attach and Seize Funds for Child Support Arrears From Financial Institution - (a) (1) In this section and in § 10-108.4 of...

Section 10-108.4 - Action to Attach and Seize Funds for Child Support Arrears From Financial Institution -- Reimbursement of Account Holders - (a) If the Administration institutes an action under § 10-108.3(b)...

Section 10-108.5 - Payment Through Support Enforcement Agency - (a) In any case in which a court has ordered...

Section 10-108.6 - Subpoena Duces Tecum - (a) In order to establish, modify, or enforce a duty...

Section 10-108.7 - State Disbursement Unit - The Administration shall establish a State disbursement unit for collection...

Section 10-109 - Approval for Child Support Services - The Administration shall approve for child support services any individual...

Section 10-110 - Powers -- Collection of Fees - (a) The Administration may: (1) charge an initial application fee...

Section 10-111 - Powers -- Cooperative Agreements - (a) The Administration may make a cooperative agreement with a...

Section 10-112 - Powers -- Settlement of Arrearage - (a) (1) Subject to the best interest of the child,...

Section 10-112.1 - Child Support Payment Incentive Program - (a) In this section, “Program” means the Child Support Payment...

Section 10-113 - Powers -- Income Tax Refund Intercept; Interception of State Lottery Prizes - (a) Each year, the Administration may certify to the State...

Section 10-113.1 - Certification to State Lottery and Gaming Control Agency - (a) (1) In this section the following words have the...

Section 10-113.2 - Interception of State Payments for Child Support Arrears - (a) The Administration may certify to the State Comptroller any...

Section 10-114 - Duties of Secretary of Human Services - (a) The Secretary of Human Services shall: (1) adopt rules...

Section 10-115 - Legal Representation - (a) In this section, “legal proceeding” means: (1) a civil...

Section 10-116 - Enforcement by Local Support Enforcement Office - (a) A local support enforcement office: (1) shall be funded...

Section 10-117 - Transfer of Support Enforcement From Local Support Enforcement Office - (a) A county or circuit court with a local support...

Section 10-118 - Responsibility to Best Interest of Child - Subject to any federal law or program, the Administration and...

Section 10-119 - Suspension of Driving Privileges for Arrearages - (a) (1) In this section the following words have the...

Section 10-119.3 - Suspension or Denial of Occupational License for Arrearages - (a) (1) In this section the following words have the...

Part III - Child and Spousal Support -- Earnings Withholding

Section 10-120 - Definitions - (a) In this Part III of this subtitle the following...

Section 10-121 - Withholding Orders; Required Statement - (a) Any order under this Part III of this subtitle...

Section 10-122 - Amount of Earnings Withholding - (a) The amount of the earnings withholding shall: (1) be...

Section 10-123 - Service of Order - (a) Except as otherwise provided for in this section and...

Section 10-124 - Service of Order on Employer - (a) Except as otherwise provided in this Part III, the...

Section 10-125 - Request for Service of Order -- Required - Except as provided for in § 10-123 of this subtitle,...

Section 10-126 - Request for Service of Order -- Filing - (a) If an obligor accrues support payment arrears amounting to...

Section 10-127 - Service - (a) When the court receives a request for service of...

Section 10-128 - Contents and Effect of Order - (a) An earnings withholding order or an earnings withholding notice...

Section 10-129 - Deductions From Obligor's Earnings - (a) On receipt of a copy of an earnings withholding...

Section 10-130 - Termination of Obligor's Employment - Within 10 days after the employer receives notice of an...

Section 10-131 - Change of Address of Recipient - (a) If the address of a recipient changes, the recipient,...

Section 10-132 - Change of Obligor's Address or Place of Employment - If the address or place of employment of the obligor...

Section 10-133 - Stay of Order - (a) Except as provided in § 10-123 or § 10-124...

Section 10-134 - Termination of Withholding - (a) On motion of the obligor or the recipient that...

Section 10-135 - Enforcement of Out-of-State Withholding Orders - Earnings withholding orders issued out of state shall be enforced...

Section 10-136 - Enforcement of Out-of-State Support Orders - (a) Support orders issued out of state shall be enforced...

Section 10-137 - Withholding in Case of Out-of-State Obligor or Employer - In the case of an out-of-state obligor or out-of-state employer,...

Section 10-138 - Earnings Withholding Order Upon Request of the Obligor or in Contempt or Other Proceedings - (a) Upon request of the obligor, the court shall immediately...

Part IV - Child Support Liens

Section 10-140 - Unpaid Child Support Constitutes a Lien - (a) (1) Unpaid child support, due under an order requiring...

Section 10-141 - Recording the Lien - (a) The Administration may file a notice of a child...

Section 10-142 - Enforcement of Lien - (a) If a child support lien is not satisfied or...

Section 10-143 - Out-of-State Liens - Upon request of the Administration, a child support lien arising...

Section 10-144 - Remedies - The remedies provided in this Part IV are in addition...

Subtitle 1A - Affidavit of Support

Section 10-1A-01 - Definitions - (a) In this subtitle the following words have the meanings...

Section 10-1A-02 - General Consideration - (a) (1) An affidavit of support may be executed in...

Section 10-1A-03 - Enforcement of Child Support Obligation - (a) The Administration shall enforce and collect the support obligation,...

Subtitle 2 - Criminal Nonsupport and Desertion

Part I - Nonsupport of Spouse; Nonsupport or Desertion of Minor Child -- in General

Section 10-201 - Nonsupport of Spouse Prohibited; Penalties - (a) A spouse may not willfully fail to provide for...

Section 10-202 - Order to Pay Spousal Support - (a) Before trial and with the written consent of the...

Section 10-203 - Nonsupport of and Desertion of Minor Child Prohibited; Penalties - (a) A parent may not willfully fail to provide for...

Section 10-204 - Order to Pay Child Support - (a) Before trial and with the written consent of the...

Section 10-205 - Recognizance - (a) A recognizance ordered by the court under § 10-202...

Section 10-206 - Lien on Earnings - (a) An order to pay support under this subtitle is...

Section 10-207 - Deduction From Inmate's Earnings - (a) If the court sentences an individual who is convicted...

Section 10-208 - Venue - (a) An individual who is charged with nonsupport of the...

Section 10-209 - Effect of Civil Action - The commencement of a civil action for child support does...

Part II - Special Provisions for Baltimore City

Section 10-212 - Scope of Part - This Part II of this subtitle applies only to Baltimore...

Section 10-213 - Powers of State's Attorney - (a) On receipt of a complaint or on personal knowledge...

Section 10-214 - Notice to Accused Individual - Before the State’s Attorney conducts an inquiry under § 10-213...

Section 10-215 - Disposition - (a) After a pretrial inquiry before the State’s Attorney, a...

Section 10-216 - Domestic Information Docket - (a) The clerk of the court shall keep a docket...

Part III - Desertion of Minor Child

Section 10-219 - Prohibited Acts; Penalties - (a) An individual who has care, custody, or control of...

Subtitle 3 - Maryland Uniform Interstate Family Support Act

Part I - General Provisions

Section 10-301 - Definitions - (a) In this subtitle the following words have the meanings...

Section 10-302 - Tribunals and Support Enforcement Agency of This State - (a) The circuit courts, and the Administration, in the context...

Section 10-303 - Remedies Cumulative - (a) Remedies provided by this subtitle are cumulative and do...

Section 10-303.1 - Applicability of Subtitle - (a) A tribunal of this State shall apply Parts I...

Part II - Jurisdiction

Section 10-304 - Bases for Jurisdiction Over Nonresident - (a) In a proceeding to establish or enforce a support...

Section 10-305 - Continuing Jurisdiction - Personal jurisdiction acquired by a tribunal of this State in...

Section 10-306 - Initiating and Responding Tribunal - Under this subtitle, a tribunal of this State may serve...

Section 10-307 - Simultaneous Proceedings in Another State or Foreign Country - (a) A tribunal of this State may exercise jurisdiction to...

Section 10-308 - Continuing Exclusive Jurisdiction - (a) A tribunal of this State that has issued a...

Section 10-309 - Enforcement and Modification of Support Order by Tribunal Having Continuing Jurisdiction - (a) A tribunal of this State that has issued a...

Section 10-310 - Recognition of Child Support Orders - (a) If a proceeding is brought under this subtitle and...

Section 10-311 - Multiple Child Support Orders for Two or More Obligees - In responding to registrations or requests for enforcement of two...

Section 10-312 - Credit for Payments - A tribunal of this State shall credit amounts collected for...

Section 10-312.1 - Procedure When Exercising Jurisdiction Over Nonresident - A tribunal of this State exercising personal jurisdiction over a...

Section 10-312.2 - Spousal Support Order - (a) A tribunal of this State issuing a spousal support...

Part III - Civil Provisions of General Application

Section 10-313 - Proceedings Under This Subtitle - (a) Except as otherwise provided in this subtitle, Part III...

Section 10-314 - Action by Minor Parent - A minor parent, or a guardian or other legal representative...

Section 10-315 - Application of Law of This State - Except as otherwise provided in this subtitle, a responding tribunal...

Section 10-316 - Duties and Powers of Initiating Tribunal - (a) Upon the filing of a complaint authorized by this...

Section 10-317 - Duties and Powers of Responding Tribunal - (a) When a responding tribunal of this State receives a...

Section 10-318 - Inappropriate Tribunal - If a complaint or comparable pleading is received by an...

Section 10-319 - Duties of Support Enforcement Agency - (a) In a proceeding under this subtitle, a support enforcement...

Section 10-320 - Duty of Attorney General - (a) If the Attorney General determines that the support enforcement...

Section 10-321 - Private Counsel - An individual may employ private counsel to represent the individual...

Section 10-322 - Duties of Child Support Administration - (a) The Child Support Administration is the State information agency...

Section 10-323 - Pleadings and Accompanying Documents - (a) In a proceeding under this subtitle, a plaintiff seeking...

Section 10-324 - Nondisclosure of Information in Exceptional Circumstances - If a party alleges in an affidavit or a pleading...

Section 10-325 - Cost and Fees - (a) The plaintiff may not be required to pay a...

Section 10-326 - Limited Immunity of Plaintiff - (a) Participation by a plaintiff in a proceeding under this...

Section 10-327 - Nonparentage as Defense - A party whose parentage of a child has been previously...

Section 10-328 - Special Rules of Evidence and Procedure - (a) The physical presence of a nonresident party who is...

Section 10-329 - Communications Between Tribunals - A tribunal of this State may communicate with a tribunal...

Section 10-330 - Assistance With Discovery - A tribunal of this State may: (1) request a tribunal...

Section 10-331 - Receipt and Disbursement of Payments - (a) A support enforcement agency or tribunal of this State...

Part IV - Establishment of Support Order or Determination of Parentage

Section 10-332 - Complaint to Establish Support Order - (a) If a support order entitled to recognition under this...

Section 10-332.1 - Authority of Tribunal of This State - A tribunal of this State authorized to determine parentage of...

Part V - Enforcement of Support Order Without Registration

Section 10-333 - Recognition of Income Withholding Order of Another State - An income withholding order issued in another state may be...

Section 10-334 - Employer's Compliance With Income Withholding Order of Another State - (a) Upon receipt of an income withholding order, the obligor’s...

Section 10-335 - Compliance With Multiple Income Withholding Orders - If an obligor’s employer receives two or more income withholding...

Section 10-336 - Immunity From Civil Liability - An employer that complies with an income withholding order issued...

Section 10-337 - Penalties for Noncompliance - An employer that willfully fails to comply with an income...

Section 10-338 - Contest by Obligor - (a) An obligor may contest the validity or enforcement of...

Section 10-339 - Administrative Enforcement of Orders - (a) A party or support enforcement agency seeking to enforce...

Part VI - Registration, Enforcement, and Modification of Support Order

Section 10-340 - Registration of Order for Enforcement - A support order or income withholding order issued in another...

Section 10-341 - Procedure to Register Order for Enforcement - (a) Except as otherwise provided in § 10–359 of this...

Section 10-342 - Effect of Registration for Enforcement - (a) A support order or income withholding order issued in...

Section 10-343 - Choice of Law - (a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (d) of this...

Section 10-344 - Notice of Registration of Order - (a) When a support order or income withholding order issued...

Section 10-345 - Procedure to Contest Validity or Enforcement of Registered Order - (a) A nonregistering party seeking to contest the validity or...

Section 10-346 - Contest of Registration or Enforcement - (a) A party contesting the validity or enforcement of a...

Section 10-347 - Confirmed Order - Confirmation of a registered support order, whether by operation of...

Section 10-348 - Procedure to Register Child Support Order of Another State for Modification - A party or support enforcement agency seeking to modify, or...

Section 10-349 - Effect of Registration for Modification - A tribunal of this State may enforce a child support...

Section 10-350 - Modification of Child Support Order of Another State - (a) If § 10–352 of this subtitle does not apply,...

Section 10-351 - Recognition of Order Modified in Another State - If a child support order issued by a tribunal of...

Section 10-352 - Jurisdiction to Modify Child Support Order of Another State When Individual Parties Reside in This State - (a) If all of the parties who are individuals reside...

Section 10-353 - Notice to Issuing Tribunal of Modification - Within 30 days after issuance of a modified child support...

Section 10-353.1 - Jurisdiction to Modify Foreign Support Order - (a) Except as provided in § 10–364 of this subtitle,...

Section 10-353.2 - Registration of Foreign Support Order; Modification - (a) A party or support enforcement agency seeking to modify,...

Part VII - Support Proceeding Under Convention

Section 10-354 - Definitions - (a) In this part the following words have the meanings...

Section 10-355 - Applicability; Controlling Law - (a) This part applies only to a support proceeding under...

Section 10-356 - Designated Agency - The Child Support Administration of this State is recognized as...

Section 10-357 - Duties - (a) In a support proceeding under this part, the Child...

Section 10-358 - Direct Request to Establish or Modify Support Order or Determination of Parentage - (a) A plaintiff may file a direct request seeking establishment...

Section 10-359 - Registration of Order to Be Recognized - (a) Except as otherwise provided in this part, a party...

Section 10-360 - Contest of Registered Convention Support Order - (a) Except as otherwise provided in this part, §§ 10–344...

Section 10-361 - Recognition and Enforcement of Orders - (a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b) of this...

Section 10-362 - Partial Recognition and Enforcement - (a) If a tribunal of this State does not recognize...

Section 10-363 - Recognition and Enforcement of Registered Foreign Support Agreement - (a) Except as otherwise provided in subsections (c) and (d)...

Section 10-364 - Modification of Convention Child Support Order - (a) A tribunal of this State may not modify a...

Section 10-365 - Confidentiality of Personal Information - Personal information gathered or transmitted under this part may be...

Section 10-366 - Language Requirements - A record filed with a tribunal of this State under...

Part VIII - Interstate Rendition

Section 10-367 - Grounds for Rendition - (a) For purposes of this Part VIII, “governor” includes an...

Section 10-368 - Conditions of Rendition - (a) Before making a demand that the governor of another...

Section 10-369 - Uniformity of Application and Construction - In applying and construing this subtitle, consideration shall be given...

Section 10-370 - Severability Clause - If any provision of this subtitle or its application to...

Section 10-371 - Short Title - This subtitle may be cited as the Maryland Uniform Interstate...

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Maryland Statutes Family Law Title 10 - Support in General

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Title 10 - Support in General