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§ 10-342. Effect of registration for enforcement

West's Annotated Code of MarylandFamily LawEffective: July 1, 2015

West's Annotated Code of Maryland
Family Law (Refs & Annos)
Title 10. Support in General (Refs & Annos)
Subtitle 3. Maryland Uniform Interstate Family Support Act (Refs & Annos)
Part VI. Registration, Enforcement, and Modification of Support Order (Refs & Annos)
Subpart A. Registration and Enforcement of Support Order (Refs & Annos)
Effective: July 1, 2015
MD Code, Family Law, § 10-342
§ 10-342. Effect of registration for enforcement
Currentness
Registration of order
(a) A support order or income withholding order issued in another state or a foreign support order is registered when the order is filed in the registering tribunal of this State.
Enforcement of order
(b) A registered support order issued in another state or a foreign country is enforceable in the same manner and is subject to the same procedures as an order issued by a tribunal of this State.
No modification
(c) Except as otherwise provided in this subtitle, a tribunal of this State shall recognize and enforce, but may not modify, a registered support order if the issuing tribunal had jurisdiction.

Credits

Added as Family Law § 10-333 by Acts 1996, c. 667, § 2, eff. Jan. 1, 1997. Renumbered as Family Law § 10-342 by Acts 1997, c. 609, § 1, eff. July 1, 1997. Amended by Acts 2015, c. 308, § 2, eff. July 1, 2015.
MD Code, Family Law, § 10-342, MD FAMILY § 10-342
Current through legislation effective through April 9, 2023, from the 2024 Regular Session of the General Assembly. Some statute sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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