Section 10-215 – Disposition
(a) After a pretrial inquiry before the State’s Attorney, a deputy State’s Attorney, or an assistant State’s Attorney, the State’s Attorney may: (1) file an information that charges the accused individual with nonsupport or desertion, as appropriate; or (2) seek an indictment that charges the accused individual with nonsupport or desertion, as appropriate. (b) After an information is filed […]
Section 10-1A-01 – Definitions
(a) In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated. (b) “Child support order” means: (1) any support order for a child issued by a tribunal; or (2) an executed affidavit of support. (c) “Party” means: (1) the legal parent of a child; (2) a caretaker with whom the child resides; or (3) the Administration when: (i) it has accepted an assignment of […]
Section 10-216 – Domestic Information Docket
(a) The clerk of the court shall keep a docket known as the “domestic information docket”. (b) The domestic information docket shall contain the records and orders of each case brought under this Part II of this subtitle.
Section 10-1A-02 – General Consideration
(a) (1) An affidavit of support may be executed in the manner provided under this section if: (i) a party is receiving child support enforcement services under Title IV, Part D, of the Social Security Act; (ii) paternity of the child has been established; (iii) a support conference has been conducted in which the Administration determined the amount of support […]
Section 10-219 – Prohibited Acts; Penalties
(a) An individual who has care, custody, or control of a minor child may not desert the child: (1) with the intent that the child become a public charge; or (2) without providing for the child’s support for at least 3 years by a responsible individual or a licensed child care facility. (b) A person who violates this section […]
Section 10-1A-03 – Enforcement of Child Support Obligation
(a) The Administration shall enforce and collect the support obligation, including any arrearages, from the date of execution. (b) The affidavit of support shall have all of the force, effect, and attributes of a child support order issued by a tribunal, including the ability to be enforced by any and all enforcement remedies available to the Administration […]
Section 10-302 – Tribunals and Support Enforcement Agency of This State
(a) The circuit courts, and the Administration, in the context of an affidavit of support, are the tribunals of this State. (b) The Child Support Administration is the support enforcement agency of this State.
Section 10-131 – Change of Address of Recipient
(a) If the address of a recipient changes, the recipient, within 10 days after moving to the new address, shall send the change of address to: (1) the court: (i) by certified mail, return receipt requested; or (ii) by filing in person at the court and obtaining proof of filing; (2) the obligor, at the obligor’s last known address, by […]
Section 10-132 – Change of Obligor’s Address or Place of Employment
If the address or place of employment of the obligor changes, the obligor, within 10 days after moving to a new address or receiving the first earnings from a new employer, shall send the change of address or new place of employment to: (1) the court: (i) by certified mail, return receipt requested; or (ii) by filing in […]
Section 10-133 – Stay of Order
(a) Except as provided in § 10-123 or § 10-124 of this subtitle, an obligor may contest the issuance of an earnings withholding order by moving for a stay of the order no later than 15 days after a copy of the withholding order is mailed to the obligor under § 10-127 of this subtitle. (b) A […]