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 […]
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 10-320 – 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 […]