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 10-349 – 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 10-351 – Recognition of Order Modified in Another State
If a child support order issued by a tribunal of this State is modified by a tribunal of another state which assumed jurisdiction pursuant to the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act, a tribunal of this State: (1) may enforce its order that was modified only as to arrears and interest accruing before the modification; (2) may provide […]
Section 10-352 – Jurisdiction to Modify Child Support Order of Another State When Individual Parties Reside in This State
(a) If all of the parties who are individuals reside in this State and the child does not reside in the issuing state, a tribunal of this State has jurisdiction to enforce and to modify the issuing state’s child support order in a proceeding to register that order. (b) A tribunal of this State exercising jurisdiction under […]
Section 10-353 – Notice to Issuing Tribunal of Modification
Within 30 days after issuance of a modified child support order, the party obtaining the modification shall file a certified copy of the order with the issuing tribunal that had continuing, exclusive jurisdiction over the earlier order, and in each tribunal in which the party knows the earlier order has been registered. A party who […]