Maryland Family Law Section 10-309

Article - Family Law

§ 10-309.

      (a)      A tribunal of this State may serve as an initiating tribunal to request a tribunal of another state to enforce or modify a support order issued in that state.

      (b)      A tribunal of this State having continuing, exclusive jurisdiction over a support order may act as a responding tribunal to enforce or modify the order. If a party subject to the continuing, exclusive jurisdiction of the tribunal no longer resides in the issuing state, in subsequent proceedings the tribunal may apply § 10-328 of this subtitle (Special rules of evidence and procedure) to receive evidence from another state and § 10-330 of this subtitle (Assistance with discovery) to obtain discovery through a tribunal of another state.

      (c)      A tribunal of this State which lacks continuing, exclusive jurisdiction over a spousal support order may not serve as a responding tribunal to modify a spousal support order of another state.



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