Maryland Family Law Section 10-317
§ 10-317.
  (a)   When a responding tribunal of this State receives a complaint or comparable pleading from an initiating tribunal or directly pursuant to § 10-313 of this subtitle (Proceedings under this subtitle), it shall cause the complaint or pleading to be filed and notify the plaintiff where and when it was filed.
  (b)   A responding tribunal of this State, to the extent otherwise authorized by law, may do one or more of the following:
    (1)   issue or enforce a support order, modify a child support order, or render a judgment to determine parentage;
    (2)   order an obligor to comply with a support order, specifying the amount and the manner of compliance;
    (3)   order income withholding;
    (4)   determine the amount of any arrearages and specify a method of payment;
    (5)   enforce orders by civil or criminal contempt, or both;
    (6)   set aside property for satisfaction of the support order;
    (7)   place liens and order execution on the obligor's property;
    (8)   order an obligor to keep the tribunal informed of the obligor's current residential address, telephone number, employer, address of employment, and telephone number at the place of employment;
    (9)   issue a bench warrant for an obligor who has failed after proper notice to appear at a hearing ordered by the tribunal and enter the bench warrant in any local and State computer systems for criminal warrants;
    (10)   order the obligor to seek appropriate employment by specified methods;
    (11)   award reasonable attorney's fees and other fees and costs; and
    (12)   grant any other available remedy.
  (c)   A responding tribunal of this State shall include in a support order issued under this subtitle, or in the documents accompanying the order, the calculations on which the support order is based.
  (d)   A responding tribunal of this State may not condition the payment of a support order issued under this subtitle upon compliance by a party with provisions for visitation.
  (e)   If a responding tribunal of this State issues an order under this subtitle, the tribunal shall send a copy of the order to the plaintiff and the defendant and to the initiating tribunal, if any.