972 LAWS OF MARYLAND [CH. 301

ARTICLE 89C
SUPPORT OF DEPENDENTS

General Provisions

1. Purposes. The purposes of this Article are to im-
prove and extend by reciprocal legislation the enforcement
of duties of support and to make uniform the law with
respect thereto.

2. Definitions, (a) As used in this Article unless the
context requires otherwise,

(b) "State" includes any state, territory or possession
of the United States and the District of Columbia in which
this or a substantially similar reciprocal law has been
enacted.

(c) "Initiating state" means any state in which a pro-
ceeding pursuant to this or a substantially similar recip-
rocal law is commenced.

(d) "Responding state" means any state in which any
proceeding pursuant to the proceeding in the initiating
state is or may be commenced.

(e) "Court" means the Circuit Court of any county in
this State, and either the Circuit Court or the Circuit Court
No. 2 in Baltimore City; JUVENILE COURTS AND
TRIAL MAGISTRATES HAVING JURISDICTION
OVER THE ENFORCEMENT OF LAWS RESPECTING
DUTIES OF SUPPORT; and when the context requires,
means the court of any other state as defined in a substan-
tially similar reciprocal law.

(f) "Law" includes both common and statute law.

(g) "Duty of support" includes any duty of support
imposed or imposable by law, or by any court order, decree
or judgment, whether interlocutory or final, whether inci-
dental to a proceeding for divorce, judicial separation, sep-
arate maintenance or otherwise.

(h) "Obligor" means any person owing a duty of
support.

(i) "Obligee" means any person to whom a duty of sup-
port is owed.

3. Remedies Additional to Those Now Existing. The
remedies herein provided are in addition to and not in
substitution for any other remedies.