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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 […]

Section 10-366 – Language Requirements

    A record filed with a tribunal of this State under this part must be in the original language and, if not in English, must be accompanied by an English translation.

Section 10-367 – Grounds for Rendition

    (a)    For purposes of this Part VIII, “governor” includes an individual performing the functions of governor or the executive authority of a state covered by this subtitle.     (b)    The Governor of this State may:         (1)    demand that the governor of another state surrender an individual found in the other state who is charged criminally in this State with […]

Section 10-368 – Conditions of Rendition

    (a)    Before making a demand that the governor of another state surrender an individual charged criminally in this State with having failed to provide for the support of an obligee, the Governor of this State may require a prosecutor of this State to demonstrate that at least 60 days previously the obligee had initiated proceedings for […]