Section 10-357 – Duties
(a) In a support proceeding under this part, the Child Support Administration of this State shall: (1) transmit and receive applications; and (2) initiate or facilitate the institution of a proceeding regarding an application in a tribunal of this State. (b) The following support proceedings are available to an obligee under the Convention: (1) recognition or recognition and enforcement of […]
Section 10-358 – Direct Request to Establish or Modify Support Order or Determination of Parentage
(a) A plaintiff may file a direct request seeking establishment or modification of a support order or determination of parentage of a child. In the proceeding, the law of this State applies. (b) A plaintiff may file a direct request seeking recognition and enforcement of a support order or support agreement. In the proceeding, §§ 10–359 through […]
Section 10-359 – Registration of Order to Be Recognized
(a) Except as otherwise provided in this part, a party who is an individual or a support enforcement agency seeking recognition of a Convention support order shall register the order in this State as provided in Part VI of this subtitle. (b) Notwithstanding §§ 10–323 and 10–341(a) of this subtitle, a request for registration of a Convention […]
Section 10-360 – Contest of Registered Convention Support Order
(a) Except as otherwise provided in this part, §§ 10–344 through 10–347 of this subtitle apply to a contest of a registered Convention support order. (b) A party contesting a registered Convention support order shall file a contest not later than 30 days after notice of the registration, except that if the contesting party does not reside […]
Section 10-361 – Recognition and Enforcement of Orders
(a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b) of this section, a tribunal of this State shall recognize and enforce a registered Convention support order. (b) The following grounds are the only grounds on which a tribunal of this State may refuse recognition and enforcement of a registered Convention support order: (1) recognition and enforcement of the order […]
Section 10-362 – Partial Recognition and Enforcement
(a) If a tribunal of this State does not recognize and enforce a Convention support order in its entirety, it shall enforce any severable part of the order. (b) An application or direct request may seek recognition and partial enforcement of a Convention support order.
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.