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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 10-366 – 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 10-354 – 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 […]