BLAIR LEE III, Acting Governor                        2601

(c) (1) In any civil action for [child] support
[payments] brought under this section, the [division] BUREAU
shall be represented (a) by the Attorney General or by any
legal officer of the Social Services Administration who is a
qualified attorney and who is appointed by and subject to
supervision and removal by the Attorney General or (b) as
provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection.

(2) In accordance with paragraph (1) of this
subsection; Article 16, §66C; and Article 89C, §§14(b),
18(a), and [34] 33A, the [division] BUREAU or a person whom
the [division] BUREAU approves for child support services
shall be represented during any fiscal year by the State's
attorney for the local subdivision in which the bill or the
petition is filed if, before September 1 of the previous
year, the State's attorney elects in writing to assume the
responsibility for representation. The State's attorney
shall enter into an agreement with the county and the
Secretary of Human Resources for representation to be

provided and reimbursement for the representation. The

agreement shall establish reasonable administrative and
fiscal requirements and conditions for providing and
continuing representation and for reimbursement.

(d) If in the judgment of the Secretary of Human

Resources a local department of social services has

demonstrated that it is capable of carrying out any
responsibility of the [division] BUREAU, and a delegation of
such responsibility is consistent with departmental
guidelines, the Secretary shall, if requested by the local
government, delegate it to the local department for so long
as such conditions are met.

Article 16 - Chancery

66B.

(b) A bill or petition may not be filed or received
by the clerk of the court if the consent or authorization of
the State's attorney for the county or city where the same
is to be filed is not attached unless:

(1)    The court directs otherwise after being
satisfied by such affidavits and testimony as the court
deems sufficient that the complaint is bona fide and
meritorious; or

(2)    The bill or petition is filed on behalf of
the division BUREAU of child support enforcement AND
DOMESTIC COLLECTIONS of the Social Services Administration.

66C.

(a) If the complainant or petitioner is the division
BUREAU of child support enforcement AND DOMESTIC COLLECTIONS
of the Social Services Administration or a person whom the
division BUREAU approves for child support services, the