2010 Maryland Code
FAMILY LAW
TITLE 10 - SUPPORT IN GENERAL
Subtitle 2 - Criminal Nonsupport and Desertion
Section 10-207 - Deduction from inmate's earnings.
§ 10-207. Deduction from inmate's earnings.
(a) Authority of court.- If the court sentences an individual who is convicted under § 10-201 or § 10-203 of this subtitle to the jurisdiction of the Division of Correction, the court may order the Commissioner of Correction:
(1) to deduct an amount from any earnings of the individual; and
(2) to pay that amount at certain intervals:
(i) as provided in § 10-202(c) of this subtitle, if the individual is convicted of nonsupport of the individual's spouse under § 10-201 of this subtitle; or
(ii) as provided in § 10-204(c) of this subtitle, if the individual is convicted of nonsupport or desertion of the individual's minor child under § 10-203 of this subtitle.
(b) Modification or revocation.- During the defendant's imprisonment, the court may modify or revoke the order.
[An. Code 1957, art. 27, § 95; 1984, ch. 296, § 2.]
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