§ 10-357. Duties.

MD Fam L Code § 10-357 (2019) (N/A)
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(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 a foreign support order;

(2)    enforcement of a support order issued or recognized in this State;

(3)    establishment of a support order if there is no existing order, including, if necessary, determination of parentage of a child;

(4)    establishment of a support order if recognition of a foreign support order is refused under § 10–361(b)(2), (4), or (9) of this subtitle;

(5)    modification of a support order of a tribunal of this State; and

(6)    modification of a support order of a tribunal of another state or a foreign country.

(c)    The following support proceedings are available under the Convention to an obligor against which there is an existing support order:

(1)    recognition of an order suspending or limiting enforcement of an existing support order of a tribunal of this State;

(2)    modification of a support order of a tribunal of this State; and

(3)    modification of a support order of a tribunal of another state or a foreign country.

(d)    A tribunal of this State may not require security, bond, or deposit, however described, to guarantee the payment of costs and expenses in proceedings under the Convention.