Section 10-303 – Remedies Cumulative
(a) Remedies provided by this subtitle are cumulative and do not affect the availability of remedies under other law or the recognition of a foreign support order on the basis of comity. (b) This subtitle does not: (1) provide the exclusive method of establishing or enforcing a support order under the law of this State; or (2) grant a […]
Section 10-316 – Duties and Powers of Initiating Tribunal
(a) Upon the filing of a complaint authorized by this subtitle, an initiating tribunal of this State shall forward the complaint and its accompanying documents: (1) to the responding tribunal or appropriate support enforcement agency in the responding state; or (2) if the identity of the responding tribunal is unknown, to the state information agency of the responding […]
Section 10-303.1 – Applicability of Subtitle
(a) A tribunal of this State shall apply Parts I through VI of this subtitle and, as applicable, Part VII, to a support proceeding involving: (1) a foreign support order; (2) a foreign tribunal; or (3) an obligee, obligor, or child residing in a foreign country. (b) A tribunal of this State that is requested to recognize and enforce a […]
Section 10-317 – Duties and Powers of Responding Tribunal
(a) When a responding tribunal of this State receives a complaint or comparable pleading from an initiating tribunal or directly pursuant to § 10–313(b) of this subtitle, it shall cause the complaint or pleading to be filed and notify the plaintiff where and when it was filed. (b) A responding tribunal of this State, to the extent […]
Section 10-304 – Bases for Jurisdiction Over Nonresident
(a) In a proceeding to establish or enforce a support order or to determine parentage of a child, a tribunal of this State may exercise personal jurisdiction over a nonresident individual or the individual’s guardian or conservator if: (1) the individual is personally served within this State; (2) the individual submits to the jurisdiction of this State by […]
Section 10-318 – Inappropriate Tribunal
If a complaint or comparable pleading is received by an inappropriate tribunal of this State, the tribunal shall forward the pleading and accompanying documents to an appropriate tribunal of this State or another state and notify the plaintiff where and when the pleading was sent.
Section 10-305 – Continuing Jurisdiction
Personal jurisdiction acquired by a tribunal of this State in a proceeding under this subtitle or other law of this State relating to a support order continues as long as a tribunal of this State has continuing, exclusive jurisdiction to modify its order or continuing jurisdiction to enforce its order as provided in §§ 10–308, […]
Section 10-319 – Duties of Support Enforcement Agency
(a) In a proceeding under this subtitle, a support enforcement agency of this State, on request: (1) shall provide services to a plaintiff residing in a state; (2) shall provide services to a plaintiff requesting services through a central authority of a foreign country as described in § 10–301(f)(1) or (4) of this subtitle; and (3) may provide services […]
Section 10-306 – Initiating and Responding Tribunal
Under this subtitle, a tribunal of this State may serve as an initiating tribunal to forward proceedings to a tribunal of another state, and as a responding tribunal for proceedings initiated in another state or foreign country.
Section 10-307 – Simultaneous Proceedings in Another State or Foreign Country
(a) A tribunal of this State may exercise jurisdiction to establish a support order if the complaint or comparable pleading is filed after a pleading is filed in another state or foreign country only if: (1) the complaint or comparable pleading in this State is filed before the expiration of the time allowed in the other state […]