Section 10-330 – Assistance With Discovery
A tribunal of this State may: (1) request a tribunal outside this State to assist in obtaining discovery; and (2) upon request, compel a person over which it has jurisdiction to respond to a discovery order issued by a tribunal outside this State.
Section 10-331 – Receipt and Disbursement of Payments
(a) A support enforcement agency or tribunal of this State shall disburse promptly any amounts received pursuant to a support order, as directed by the order. The agency or tribunal shall furnish to a requesting party or tribunal of another state or a foreign country a certified statement by the custodian of the record of the […]
Section 10-332 – Complaint to Establish Support Order
(a) If a support order entitled to recognition under this subtitle has not been issued, a responding tribunal of this State with personal jurisdiction over the parties may issue a support order if: (1) the individual seeking the order resides outside this State; or (2) the support enforcement agency seeking the order is located outside this State. (b) The […]
Section 10-332.1 – Authority of Tribunal of This State
A tribunal of this State authorized to determine parentage of a child may serve as a responding tribunal in a proceeding to determine parentage of a child brought under this subtitle or a law or procedure substantially similar to this subtitle.
Section 10-333 – Recognition of Income Withholding Order of Another State
An income withholding order issued in another state may be sent by or on behalf of the obligee, or by the support enforcement agency, to the person defined as the obligor’s employer under Subtitle 1 of this title without first filing a request for service of the order or comparable pleading or registering the order […]
Section 10-334 – Employer’s Compliance With Income Withholding Order of Another State
(a) Upon receipt of an income withholding order, the obligor’s employer shall immediately provide a copy of the order to the obligor. (b) The employer shall treat an income withholding order issued in another state which appears regular on its face as if it had been issued by a tribunal of this State. (c) Except as otherwise provided […]
Section 10-320 – Duty of Attorney General
(a) If the Attorney General determines that the support enforcement agency is neglecting or refusing to provide services to an individual, the Attorney General may order the agency to perform its duties under this subtitle or may provide those services directly to the individual. (b) The Attorney General may determine that a foreign country has established a […]
Section 10-335 – Compliance With Multiple Income Withholding Orders
If an obligor’s employer receives two or more income withholding orders with respect to the earnings of the same obligor, the employer satisfies the terms of the orders if the employer complies with the law of the state of the obligor’s principal place of employment to establish the priorities for withholding and allocating income withheld […]
Section 10-321 – Private Counsel
An individual may employ private counsel to represent the individual in proceedings authorized by this subtitle.
Section 10-336 – Immunity From Civil Liability
An employer that complies with an income withholding order issued in another state in accordance with this subtitle is not subject to civil liability to an individual or agency with regard to the employer’s withholding of child support from the obligor’s income.