Section 10-345 – Procedure to Contest Validity or Enforcement of Registered Order
(a) A nonregistering party seeking to contest the validity or enforcement of a registered order in this State shall request a hearing within the time required by § 10–344 of this subtitle. The nonregistering party may seek to vacate the registration, to assert any defense to an allegation of noncompliance with the registered order, or to […]
Section 10-346 – Contest of Registration or Enforcement
(a) A party contesting the validity or enforcement of a registered support order or seeking to vacate the registration has the burden of proving one or more of the following defenses: (1) the issuing tribunal lacked personal jurisdiction over the contesting party; (2) the order was obtained by fraud; (3) the order has been vacated, suspended, or modified by […]
Section 10-347 – Confirmed Order
Confirmation of a registered support order, whether by operation of law or after notice and hearing, precludes further contest of the order with respect to any matter that could have been asserted at the time of registration.
Section 10-348 – Procedure to Register Child Support Order of Another State for Modification
A party or support enforcement agency seeking to modify, or to modify and enforce, a child support order issued in another state shall register that order in this State in the same manner provided in §§ 10–340 through 10–347 of this subtitle if the order has not been registered. A complaint for modification may be […]
Section 10-349 – Effect of Registration for Modification
A tribunal of this State may enforce a child support order of another state registered for purposes of modification, in the same manner as if the order had been issued by a tribunal of this State, but the registered support order may be modified only if the requirements of § 10–350 or § 10–352 of […]
Section 10-350 – Modification of Child Support Order of Another State
(a) If § 10–352 of this subtitle does not apply, on the filing of a complaint, a tribunal of this State may modify a child support order issued in another state that is registered in this State if, after notice and hearing, the tribunal finds that: (1) the following requirements are met: (i) neither the child, nor the […]
Section 10-351 – Recognition of Order Modified in Another State
If a child support order issued by a tribunal of this State is modified by a tribunal of another state which assumed jurisdiction pursuant to the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act, a tribunal of this State: (1) may enforce its order that was modified only as to arrears and interest accruing before the modification; (2) may provide […]
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 in this State and the child does not reside in the issuing state, a tribunal of this State has jurisdiction to enforce and to modify the issuing state’s child support order in a proceeding to register that order. (b) A tribunal of this State exercising jurisdiction under […]
Section 10-353 – Notice to Issuing Tribunal of Modification
Within 30 days after issuance of a modified child support order, the party obtaining the modification shall file a certified copy of the order with the issuing tribunal that had continuing, exclusive jurisdiction over the earlier order, and in each tribunal in which the party knows the earlier order has been registered. A party who […]
Section 10-353.1 – Jurisdiction to Modify Foreign Support Order
(a) Except as provided in § 10–364 of this subtitle, if a foreign country lacks or refuses to exercise jurisdiction to modify its child support order pursuant to its laws, a tribunal of this State may assume jurisdiction to modify the child support order and bind all individuals subject to the personal jurisdiction of the tribunal […]