Section 10-339 – Administrative Enforcement of Orders
(a) A party or support enforcement agency seeking to enforce a support order or an income withholding order, or both, issued in another state or a foreign support order may send the documents required for registering the order to a support enforcement agency of this State. (b) Upon receipt of the documents, the support enforcement agency, without […]
Section 10-353.2 – Registration of Foreign Support Order; Modification
(a) A party or support enforcement agency seeking to modify, or to modify and enforce, a foreign child support order not under the Convention may register that order in this State under §§ 10–340 through 10–347 of this subtitle if the order has not been registered. A complaint for modification may be filed at the same […]
Section 10-340 – Registration of Order for Enforcement
A support order or income withholding order issued in another state or a foreign support order may be registered in this State for enforcement.
Section 10-354 – Definitions
(a) In this part the following words have the meanings indicated. (b) “Application” means a request under the Convention by an obligee or obligor, or on behalf of a child, made through a central authority for assistance from another central authority. (c) “Central authority” means the entity designated by the United States or a foreign country described in […]
Section 10-341 – Procedure to Register Order for Enforcement
(a) Except as otherwise provided in § 10–359 of this subtitle, a support order or income withholding order of another state or a foreign support order may be registered in this State by sending the following records to the appropriate tribunal in this State: (1) a letter of transmittal to the tribunal requesting registration and enforcement; (2) two […]
Section 10-355 – Applicability; Controlling Law
(a) This part applies only to a support proceeding under the Convention. (b) In a support proceeding under the Convention, if a provision of this part is inconsistent with Parts I through VI of this subtitle, this part controls.
Section 10-342 – Effect of Registration for Enforcement
(a) A support order or income withholding order issued in another state or a foreign support order is registered when the order is filed in the registering tribunal of this State. (b) A registered support order issued in another state or a foreign country is enforceable in the same manner and is subject to the same procedures […]
Section 10-356 – Designated Agency
The Child Support Administration of this State is recognized as the agency designated by the United States central authority to perform specific functions under the Convention.
Section 10-343 – Choice of Law
(a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (d) of this section, the law of the issuing state or foreign country governs: (1) the nature, extent, amount, and duration of current payments under a registered support order; (2) the computation and payment of arrearages and accrual of interest on the arrearages under the support order; and (3) the existence and […]
Section 10-344 – Notice of Registration of Order
(a) When a support order or income withholding order issued in another state or a foreign support order is registered, the registering tribunal of this State shall notify the nonregistering party. Notice must be given by first–class, certified, or registered mail or by any means of personal service authorized by the law of this State. The […]