WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor Ch. 443

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take
effect July 1, 1990.

Approved May 29, 1990.

CHAPTER 443
(Senate Bill 252)

AN ACT concerning

Family Law - Modification of Deeds, Deeds, Agreements^ and Settlements

FOR the purpose of clarifying that a court may modify certain deeds, deeds,
agreements^ or settlements that are incorporated into certain divorce decrees;
providing for the application of this Act; and generally relating to the modification
of deeds, deeds, agreements^ and settlements.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article - Family Law
Section 8-105

Annotated Code of Maryland
(1984 Volume and 1989 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:

Article - Family Law

8-105.

(a) (1) The court may enforce by power of contempt the provisions of a deed,
agreement, or settlement that are merged into a divorce decree.

[(b)] (2) The court may enforce by power of contempt or as an independent
contract not superseded by the divorce decree the provisions of a deed, agreement, or
settlement that contain language that the deed, agreement, or settlement is
incorporated but not merged into a divorce decree.

(B) THE COURT MAY MODIFY ANY PROVISION OF A DEED, AN A
DEED, AGREEMENT,; OR SETTLEMENT THAT IS:

(1) INCORPORATED, WHETHER OR NOT MERGED, INTO A
DIVORCE DECREE; AND

(2) SUBJECT TO MODIFICATION UNDER § 8-103 OF THIS
SUBTITLE.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall be

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