2021 Maryland Statutes
Family Law
Title 10 - Support in General
Subtitle 3 - Maryland Uniform Interstate Family Support Act
Part IV - Establishment of Support Order or Determination of Parentage
Section 10-332 - Complaint to Establish Support Order

    (a)    If a support order entitled to recognition under this subtitle has not been issued, a responding tribunal of this State with personal jurisdiction over the parties may issue a support order if:

        (1)    the individual seeking the order resides outside this State; or

        (2)    the support enforcement agency seeking the order is located outside this State.

    (b)    The tribunal may issue a temporary child support order if the tribunal determines that such an order is appropriate and the individual ordered to pay is:

        (1)    a presumed father of the child;

        (2)    petitioning to have his paternity adjudicated;

        (3)    identified as the father of the child through genetic testing;

        (4)    an alleged father who has declined to submit to genetic testing;

        (5)    shown by clear and convincing evidence to be the father of the child;

        (6)    an acknowledged father as provided by § 5–306(a)(6) of this article;

        (7)    the mother of the child; or

        (8)    an individual who has been ordered to pay child support in a previous proceeding and the order has not been reversed or vacated.

    (c)    Upon finding, after notice and opportunity to be heard, that an obligor owes a duty of support, the tribunal shall issue a support order directed to the obligor and may issue other orders pursuant to § 10–317 of this subtitle.