Section 10-355 – Applicability; Controlling Law
(a) This part applies only to a support proceeding under the Convention. (b) In a support proceeding under the Convention, if a provision of this part is inconsistent with Parts I through VI of this subtitle, this part controls.
Section 10-342 – Effect of Registration for Enforcement
(a) A support order or income withholding order issued in another state or a foreign support order is registered when the order is filed in the registering tribunal of this State. (b) A registered support order issued in another state or a foreign country is enforceable in the same manner and is subject to the same procedures […]
Section 10-356 – Designated Agency
The Child Support Administration of this State is recognized as the agency designated by the United States central authority to perform specific functions under the Convention.
Section 10-343 – Choice of Law
(a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (d) of this section, the law of the issuing state or foreign country governs: (1) the nature, extent, amount, and duration of current payments under a registered support order; (2) the computation and payment of arrearages and accrual of interest on the arrearages under the support order; and (3) the existence and […]
Section 10-344 – Notice of Registration of Order
(a) When a support order or income withholding order issued in another state or a foreign support order is registered, the registering tribunal of this State shall notify the nonregistering party. Notice must be given by first–class, certified, or registered mail or by any means of personal service authorized by the law of this State. The […]
Section 10-330 – Assistance With Discovery
A tribunal of this State may: (1) request a tribunal outside this State to assist in obtaining discovery; and (2) upon request, compel a person over which it has jurisdiction to respond to a discovery order issued by a tribunal outside this State.
Section 10-331 – Receipt and Disbursement of Payments
(a) A support enforcement agency or tribunal of this State shall disburse promptly any amounts received pursuant to a support order, as directed by the order. The agency or tribunal shall furnish to a requesting party or tribunal of another state or a foreign country a certified statement by the custodian of the record of the […]
Section 10-332 – Complaint to Establish Support Order
(a) If a support order entitled to recognition under this subtitle has not been issued, a responding tribunal of this State with personal jurisdiction over the parties may issue a support order if: (1) the individual seeking the order resides outside this State; or (2) the support enforcement agency seeking the order is located outside this State. (b) The […]
Section 10-332.1 – Authority of Tribunal of This State
A tribunal of this State authorized to determine parentage of a child may serve as a responding tribunal in a proceeding to determine parentage of a child brought under this subtitle or a law or procedure substantially similar to this subtitle.
Section 10-333 – Recognition of Income Withholding Order of Another State
An income withholding order issued in another state may be sent by or on behalf of the obligee, or by the support enforcement agency, to the person defined as the obligor’s employer under Subtitle 1 of this title without first filing a request for service of the order or comparable pleading or registering the order […]