Section 10-363 – Recognition and Enforcement of Registered Foreign Support Agreement
(a) Except as otherwise provided in subsections (c) and (d) of this section, a tribunal of this State shall recognize and enforce a foreign support agreement registered in this State. (b) An application or direct request for recognition and enforcement of a foreign support agreement must be accompanied by: (1) a complete text of the foreign support agreement; […]
Section 10-364 – Modification of Convention Child Support Order
(a) A tribunal of this State may not modify a Convention child support order if the obligee remains a resident of the foreign country where the support order was issued unless: (1) the obligee submits to the jurisdiction of a tribunal of this State, either expressly or by defending on the merits of the case without objecting […]
Section 10-365 – Confidentiality of Personal Information
Personal information gathered or transmitted under this part may be used only for the purposes for which it was gathered or transmitted.
Section 10-366 – Language Requirements
A record filed with a tribunal of this State under this part must be in the original language and, if not in English, must be accompanied by an English translation.
Section 10-367 – Grounds for Rendition
(a) For purposes of this Part VIII, “governor” includes an individual performing the functions of governor or the executive authority of a state covered by this subtitle. (b) The Governor of this State may: (1) demand that the governor of another state surrender an individual found in the other state who is charged criminally in this State with […]
Section 10-353.1 – Jurisdiction to Modify Foreign Support Order
(a) Except as provided in § 10–364 of this subtitle, if a foreign country lacks or refuses to exercise jurisdiction to modify its child support order pursuant to its laws, a tribunal of this State may assume jurisdiction to modify the child support order and bind all individuals subject to the personal jurisdiction of the tribunal […]
Section 10-339 – Administrative Enforcement of Orders
(a) A party or support enforcement agency seeking to enforce a support order or an income withholding order, or both, issued in another state or a foreign support order may send the documents required for registering the order to a support enforcement agency of this State. (b) Upon receipt of the documents, the support enforcement agency, without […]
Section 10-353.2 – Registration of Foreign Support Order; Modification
(a) A party or support enforcement agency seeking to modify, or to modify and enforce, a foreign child support order not under the Convention may register that order in this State under §§ 10–340 through 10–347 of this subtitle if the order has not been registered. A complaint for modification may be filed at the same […]
Section 10-340 – Registration of Order for Enforcement
A support order or income withholding order issued in another state or a foreign support order may be registered in this State for enforcement.
Section 10-354 – Definitions
(a) In this part the following words have the meanings indicated. (b) “Application” means a request under the Convention by an obligee or obligor, or on behalf of a child, made through a central authority for assistance from another central authority. (c) “Central authority” means the entity designated by the United States or a foreign country described in […]