Section 10-109 – Approval for Child Support Services
The Administration shall approve for child support services any individual who files an application and pays a fee for child support services as required by the Administration.
Section 10-121 – Withholding Orders; Required Statement
(a) Any order under this Part III of this subtitle that is passed on or after July 1, 1985 shall constitute an immediate and continuing withholding order on all earnings of the obligor that are due on or after the date of the support order. (b) (1) Any order under this Part III of this subtitle that is […]
Section 10-110 – Powers — Collection of Fees
(a) The Administration may: (1) charge an initial application fee of not more than $25 for support services; (2) deduct from the child support payment to defray the cost of providing support enforcement services under: (i) the Income Tax Refund Intercept Program under this subtitle; and (ii) the Federal Treasury Offset Program; and (3) collect fees from the obligor to defray […]
Section 10-122 – Amount of Earnings Withholding
(a) The amount of the earnings withholding shall: (1) be enough to pay the support and any arrearage included in the payments required by the support order; and (2) include any arrearage accrued since the support order. (b) (1) (i) When arrearages under subsection (a)(2) of this section are part of an earnings withholding order or earnings withholding notice, the total […]
Section 10-102 – Statute of Limitations for Contempt Proceeding
A contempt proceeding for failure to make a payment of child or spousal support under a court order shall be brought within 3 years of the date that the payment of support became due.
Section 10-103 – Effect on Other Actions
This subtitle does not limit the authority of a State’s Attorney, the Administration, or a local support enforcement office to use any other civil or criminal remedy to enforce a child or spousal support order.
Section 10-106 – Administration Established
There is a Child Support Administration in the Department of Human Services.
Section 10-106.1 – Child Support Reinvestment Fund
(a) (1) In this section the following words have the meanings indicated. (2) “Federal performance incentive payments” means federal funds paid to the Department of Human Services as provided under Title IV–D of the federal Social Security Act. (3) “Fund” means the Child Support Reinvestment Fund. (b) There is established a Child Support Reinvestment Fund within the Administration. (c) (1) The Fund […]
Section 10-107 – Authority of Secretary of Human Services
The Administration exercises its authority, duties, and functions under any law of this State subject to the authority of the Secretary of Human Services under any law of this State.
Section 10-108 – Duties — in General
(a) The Administration shall: (1) coordinate a statewide program for support enforcement; (2) maintain a central registry of records on absent parents as required under § 12–105 of this article; (3) locate absent parents; (4) determine the ability of an absent parent to pay child support; (5) accept assignment of right, title, or interest in child support made under § 5–312(b)(2) […]