Section 10-370 – Severability Clause
If any provision of this subtitle or its application to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the invalidity does not affect other provisions or applications of this subtitle which can be given effect without the invalid provision or application, and to this end the provisions of this subtitle are severable.
Section 10-371 – Short Title
This subtitle may be cited as the Maryland Uniform Interstate Family Support Act.
Section 10-357 – Duties
(a) In a support proceeding under this part, the Child Support Administration of this State shall: (1) transmit and receive applications; and (2) initiate or facilitate the institution of a proceeding regarding an application in a tribunal of this State. (b) The following support proceedings are available to an obligee under the Convention: (1) recognition or recognition and enforcement of […]
Section 10-358 – Direct Request to Establish or Modify Support Order or Determination of Parentage
(a) A plaintiff may file a direct request seeking establishment or modification of a support order or determination of parentage of a child. In the proceeding, the law of this State applies. (b) A plaintiff may file a direct request seeking recognition and enforcement of a support order or support agreement. In the proceeding, §§ 10–359 through […]
Section 10-359 – Registration of Order to Be Recognized
(a) Except as otherwise provided in this part, a party who is an individual or a support enforcement agency seeking recognition of a Convention support order shall register the order in this State as provided in Part VI of this subtitle. (b) Notwithstanding §§ 10–323 and 10–341(a) of this subtitle, a request for registration of a Convention […]
Section 10-360 – Contest of Registered Convention Support Order
(a) Except as otherwise provided in this part, §§ 10–344 through 10–347 of this subtitle apply to a contest of a registered Convention support order. (b) A party contesting a registered Convention support order shall file a contest not later than 30 days after notice of the registration, except that if the contesting party does not reside […]
Section 10-361 – Recognition and Enforcement of Orders
(a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b) of this section, a tribunal of this State shall recognize and enforce a registered Convention support order. (b) The following grounds are the only grounds on which a tribunal of this State may refuse recognition and enforcement of a registered Convention support order: (1) recognition and enforcement of the order […]
Section 10-362 – Partial Recognition and Enforcement
(a) If a tribunal of this State does not recognize and enforce a Convention support order in its entirety, it shall enforce any severable part of the order. (b) An application or direct request may seek recognition and partial enforcement of a Convention support order.
Section 10-363 – Recognition and Enforcement of Registered Foreign Support Agreement
(a) Except as otherwise provided in subsections (c) and (d) of this section, a tribunal of this State shall recognize and enforce a foreign support agreement registered in this State. (b) An application or direct request for recognition and enforcement of a foreign support agreement must be accompanied by: (1) a complete text of the foreign support agreement; […]
Section 10-364 – Modification of Convention Child Support Order
(a) A tribunal of this State may not modify a Convention child support order if the obligee remains a resident of the foreign country where the support order was issued unless: (1) the obligee submits to the jurisdiction of a tribunal of this State, either expressly or by defending on the merits of the case without objecting […]