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Part I - Definitions; General Provisions
Section 10-101 - Definitions - (a) In this title the following words have the meanings...
Section 10-102 - Statute of Limitations for Contempt Proceeding - A contempt proceeding for failure to make a payment of...
Section 10-103 - Effect on Other Actions - This subtitle does not limit the authority of a State’s...
Part II - Child Support Administration
Section 10-106 - Administration Established - There is a Child Support Administration in the Department of...
Section 10-106.1 - Child Support Reinvestment Fund - (a) (1) In this section the following words have the...
Section 10-107 - Authority of Secretary of Human Services - The Administration exercises its authority, duties, and functions under any...
Section 10-108 - Duties -- in General - (a) The Administration shall: (1) coordinate a statewide program for...
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...