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§ 5-1006. Limitations

West's Annotated Code of MarylandFamily LawEffective: October 1, 2007

West's Annotated Code of Maryland
Family Law (Refs & Annos)
Title 5. Children (Refs & Annos)
Subtitle 10. Paternity Proceedings (Refs & Annos)
Part II. General Provisions (Refs & Annos)
Effective: October 1, 2007
MD Code, Family Law, § 5-1006
§ 5-1006. Limitations
Currentness
In general
(a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (d) of this section, a proceeding to establish paternity of a child under this subtitle may be begun at any time before the child's eighteenth birthday.
Complaint during pregnancy
(b) A paternity proceeding under this subtitle may be begun during pregnancy.
Out-of-State conception or birth
(c) A complaint under this subtitle is not barred because the child born out of wedlock was conceived or born outside this State.
Child with mental or physical infirmity
(d) A proceeding to establish paternity of a child who is dependent on a parent because of a mental or physical infirmity may be begun at any time before the child's twenty-first birthday.

Credits

Added by Acts 1984, c. 296, § 2, eff. Oct. 1, 1984. Amended by Acts 1985, c. 451, § 1, eff. July 1, 1985; Acts 1995, c. 248, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 1995; Acts 1996, c. 10, § 1, eff. April 9, 1996; Acts 2007, c. 242, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2007.
Formerly Art. 16, § 66.
MD Code, Family Law, § 5-1006, MD FAMILY § 5-1006
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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