2155                                     LAWS OF MARYLAND                            Ch. 778

employer] to the recipient designated by the court.]] The
court may order a lien upon the earnings of the defendant
in the amount so specified and the employer is required

to deduct that amount as soon as notified by the court.

All such deductions are to be paid directly by the

employer to the recipient designated by the court. THE
EMPLOYER MAY DEDUCT AN ADDITIONAL DOLLAR FOR EACH PAYMENT
MADE UNDER THE ORDER.

(3) In addition to providing for the support
and maintenance of the child, the order also may require
the defendant to pay all or any part of the mother's
medical and hospital expense for her pregnancy,
confinement, and recovery[,] and for the funeral expenses
if the child has died or dies[;] and [in addition
thereto,] may award counsel fees to the attorney
representing the complainant or petitioner. Costs shall
be awarded as in other civil cases in accordance with
Rule 604 of the Maryland Rules of Practice and
Procedure[; provided,] EXCEPT that the court, in its
discretion, may order that all or any part of the costs
shall be paid by the county or City of Baltimore, as the
case may be, where the proceedings were instituted.

66-I.

The court may direct that the payments of the sums
provided for by [the] ANY order UNDER THIS SUBTITLE shall
be made to the mother or to such person as the court may
deem proper, but if the child is or is likely to become a
public charge on a county or city of this State, the
court may direct such sums to be paid to the [welfare
official of such county or city] DIVISION OF CHILD
SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT OF THE SOCIAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION
for the support and maintenance of the child.

66J.

(c) If the father dies after the passage of an
order declaring him to be the father of [said] A child
[and/or] OR requiring him to make payments for the
support and maintenance of the child, the court, upon the
suggestion of the death of the father, may summon the
personal representative and heirs of the father, the
sureties upon his bond, if any, and the mother or other
person having charge of [said] THE child. Upon proof
being offered to the court of the amount of the estate of
the decedent, the court may direct and order such sum or
sums [to be paid to the mother or to such person or
welfare official] as the court deems proper for the
support and maintenance of the child TO BE PAID out of
the decedent's estate. [In no case, however, may]
HOWEVER, the court MAY NOT order the payment of a sum in
excess of one half the amount that each of the decedent's
legitimate children, if any, would receive, or more than
one half the amount the descendants, if any, of a
deceased legitimate child would receive as a class, if
the decedent had died leaving a legitimate child or