BLAIR LEE III, Acting Governor                            1641

WEST AND SOUTH, AND MARYLAND AVENUE ON THE EAST.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act
shall take effect July 1, 1978.

Approved May 16, 1978.

CHAPTER 476

(Senate Bill 553)

AN ACT concerning

Child Support and Alimony

FOR the purpose of conferring personal jurisdiction over a
nonresident defendant upon a court in certain civil
actions involving a demand for child support or
alimony.

BY adding to

Article — Courts and Judicial Proceedings

Section 6-103-1

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1974 Volume and 1977 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That section(s) of the Annotated Code of Maryland
be repealed, amended, or enacted to read as follows:

Article — Courts and Judicial Proceedings

6-103.1.

A COURT MAY EXERCISE PERSONAL JURISDICTION OVER A
NONRESIDENT DEFENDANT IN ANY CIVIL PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF
THE MARITAL RELATIONSHIP AND OR INVOLVING A DEMAND FOR CHILD
SUPPORT, SPOUSAL SUPPORT, OR COUNSEL FEES IF THE PLAINTIFF
RESIDES IN THIS STATE AT THE TIME SUIT IS FILED AND THE

NONRESIDENT;__DEFENDANT HAS BEEN PERSONALLY SERVED WITH

PROCESS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE MARYLAND RULES AND:

(1)    THIS STATE WAS THE MATRIMONIAL DOMICILE OF
THE PARTIES IMMEDIATELY BEFORE THEIR SEPARATION; OR

(2)    THE OBLIGATION TO PAY CHILD SUPPORT,
SPOUSAL SUPPORT, OR COUNSEL FEES AROSE    UNDER THE LAWS OF
THIS STATE OR UNDER AN AGREEMENT EXECUTED       BY ONE OF THE
PARTIES IN THIS STATE.