2010 Maryland Code
FAMILY LAW
TITLE 5 - CHILDREN
Subtitle 10 - Paternity Proceedings
Section 5-1006 - Limitations.
§ 5-1006. Limitations.
(a) Child's eighteenth birthday.- 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.
(b) Complaint during pregnancy.- A paternity proceeding under this subtitle may be begun during pregnancy.
(c) Out-of-State conception or birth.- A complaint under this subtitle is not barred because the child born out of wedlock was conceived or born outside this State.
(d) Dependent child's twenty-first birthday.- 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.
[An. Code 1957, art. 16, § 66; 1984, ch. 296, § 2; 1985, ch. 451; 1995, ch. 248; 1996, ch. 10, § 1; 2007, ch. 242.]
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