Section 10-334 – Employer’s Compliance With Income Withholding Order of Another State
(a) Upon receipt of an income withholding order, the obligor’s employer shall immediately provide a copy of the order to the obligor. (b) The employer shall treat an income withholding order issued in another state which appears regular on its face as if it had been issued by a tribunal of this State. (c) Except as otherwise provided […]
Section 10-320 – Duty of Attorney General
(a) If the Attorney General determines that the support enforcement agency is neglecting or refusing to provide services to an individual, the Attorney General may order the agency to perform its duties under this subtitle or may provide those services directly to the individual. (b) The Attorney General may determine that a foreign country has established a […]
Section 10-335 – Compliance With Multiple Income Withholding Orders
If an obligor’s employer receives two or more income withholding orders with respect to the earnings of the same obligor, the employer satisfies the terms of the orders if the employer complies with the law of the state of the obligor’s principal place of employment to establish the priorities for withholding and allocating income withheld […]
Section 10-321 – Private Counsel
An individual may employ private counsel to represent the individual in proceedings authorized by this subtitle.
Section 10-336 – Immunity From Civil Liability
An employer that complies with an income withholding order issued in another state in accordance with this subtitle is not subject to civil liability to an individual or agency with regard to the employer’s withholding of child support from the obligor’s income.
Section 10-322 – Duties of Child Support Administration
(a) The Child Support Administration is the State information agency under this subtitle. (b) The State information agency shall: (1) compile and maintain a current list, including addresses, of the tribunals in this State which have jurisdiction under this subtitle, and any support enforcement agencies in this State and transmit a copy to the state information agency of […]
Section 10-337 – Penalties for Noncompliance
An employer that willfully fails to comply with an income withholding order issued in another state and received for enforcement is subject to the same penalties that may be imposed for noncompliance with an order issued by a tribunal of this State.
Section 10-323 – Pleadings and Accompanying Documents
(a) In a proceeding under this subtitle, a plaintiff seeking to establish a support order, to determine parentage of a child, or to register and modify a support order of a tribunal of another state or a foreign country must file a complaint. Unless otherwise ordered under § 10–324 of this subtitle, the complaint or accompanying […]
Section 10-338 – Contest by Obligor
(a) An obligor may contest the validity or enforcement of an income withholding order issued in another state and received directly by an employer in this State by registering the order in a tribunal of this State and filing a contest to that order as provided in Part VI of this subtitle, or otherwise contesting the […]
Section 10-324 – Nondisclosure of Information in Exceptional Circumstances
If a party alleges in an affidavit or a pleading under oath that the health, safety, or liberty of a party or child would be jeopardized by disclosure of specific identifying information, that information shall be sealed and may not be disclosed to the other party or the public. After a hearing in which a […]