974 LAWS OF MARYLAND [CH. 301

8. Remedies of a State or Political Subdivision Thereof
Furnishing Support. Whenever the state or a political
subdivision thereof has furnished support to an obligee it
shall have the same right to invoke the provisions hereof
as the obligee to whom the support was furnished for the
purpose of securing reimbursement of expenditures so
made.

9. How Duties of Support Are Enforced. All duties of
support are enforceable by petition irrespective of rela-
tionship between the obligor and obligee. Jurisdiction of
all proceedings hereunder shall be vested in the Circuit
Court of any county in this State, and either the Circuit
Court or the Circuit Court No. 2 in Baltimore City JUVE-
NILE COURTS AND TRIAL MAGISTRATES HAVING
JURISDICTION OVER THE ENFORCEMENT OF
LAWS RESPECTING DUTIES OF SUPPORT.

10. Contents of Petition for Support. The petition
shall be verified and shall state the name and, so far as
known to the petitioner, the address and circumstances of
the responded and his OBLIGOR AND HIS OR HER
dependents for whom support is sought and all other per-
tinent information.

11. Duty of Court of This State as Initiating State. If
the court of this State acting as an initiating state finds
that the petition sets forth facts from which it may be
determined that the respondent owes a duty of support
and that a court of the responding state may obtain juris-
diction of the defendant or his property, he shall so certify
and shall cause certified copies of the petition, the certifi-
cate and an authenticated copy of this Article to be trans-
mitted to the court of the responding state. IN THE
ABSENCE OF PERSONAL COUNSEL FOR THE PETI-
TIONER, IT SHALL BE THE DUTY OF THE CITY
SOLICITOR OF BALTIMORE CITY OR THE COUNSEL
TO THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF THE RE-
SPECTIVE COUNTIES TO ACT, WITHOUT CHARGE,
ON BEHALF OF THE PETITIONER.

12. Duty of the Court of This State as Responding
State. When the court of this State, acting as a respond-
ing state, receives from the court of an initiating state the
aforesaid copies, it shall (1) docket the cause, (2) notify
the State's Attorney of the jurisdiction, (3) set a time and
place for a hearing, and (4) take such action as is neces-
sary in accordance with the laws of this State to obtain
jurisdiction. WHEN ANY COURT OF THIS STATE,