Section 10-205 – Recognizance
(a) A recognizance ordered by the court under § 10-202 or § 10-204 of this subtitle shall be: (1) in an amount that the court directs; and (2) on the conditions that: (i) if the individual is summoned to appear by the court within the 3-year probationary period, the individual shall appear; and (ii) the individual shall pay support as […]
Section 10-206 – Lien on Earnings
(a) An order to pay support under this subtitle is a lien on the earnings of the accused individual. (b) The court shall send a certified copy of each order that establishes a lien on earnings to the appropriate support enforcement agency. The support enforcement agency shall notify the individual’s employer of the lien. (c) On receipt of […]
Section 10-207 – Deduction From Inmate’s Earnings
(a) If the court sentences an individual who is convicted under § 10-201 or § 10-203 of this subtitle to the jurisdiction of the Division of Correction, the court may order the Commissioner of Correction: (1) to deduct an amount from any earnings of the individual; and (2) to pay that amount at certain intervals: (i) as provided in […]
Section 10-208 – Venue
(a) An individual who is charged with nonsupport of the individual’s spouse may be prosecuted in the jurisdiction where the individual or the spouse resides. (b) An individual who is charged with nonsupport or desertion of the individual’s minor child may be prosecuted in the jurisdiction where the individual or the individual’s minor child resides.
Section 10-140 – Unpaid Child Support Constitutes a Lien
(a) (1) Unpaid child support, due under an order requiring payments through a support enforcement agency, constitutes a lien in favor of the obligee on all real and personal property of the obligor. (2) The Administration shall notify the obligor and obligee of any child support lien established under paragraph (1) of this subsection. (b) A child support lien […]
Section 10-124 – Service of Order on Employer
(a) Except as otherwise provided in this Part III, the Administration may serve an earnings withholding notice on an employer of an obligor without the need for any modification of the support order or any further action by a tribunal if: (1) (i) a tribunal has issued a support order; and (ii) the Administration is providing child support services […]
Section 10-141 – Recording the Lien
(a) The Administration may file a notice of a child support lien with the clerk of a circuit court. (b) (1) On receipt of a notice of a child support lien, the clerk of a circuit court shall: (i) record and index the lien; and (ii) enter the lien in the judgment docket of the court. (2) The docket entry shall […]
Section 10-125 – Request for Service of Order — Required
Except as provided for in § 10-123 of this subtitle, the court may not cause a copy of the earnings withholding order to be served on any employer of the obligor until the court receives a request for service of the earnings withholding order under § 10-126 of this subtitle and the requirements of §§ […]
Section 10-142 – Enforcement of Lien
(a) If a child support lien is not satisfied or released, the Administration may bring an action in a circuit court to enforce the lien. (b) The following persons shall be made parties to the proceeding: (1) each person who has a recorded lien on the property that is sought to be subjected to the proceedings under this […]
Section 10-126 – Request for Service of Order — Filing
(a) If an obligor accrues support payment arrears amounting to more than 30 days of support, the recipient or the support enforcement agency may file a request for service of the earnings withholding order. (b) (1) The request shall: (i) be under oath; (ii) state the last date or dates on which support payments were received, and the amount or […]