HARRY HUGHES, Governor

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Paternity - Jurisdiction Over Nonresident Defendants

FOR the purpose of providing a basis of personal
jurisdiction by the courts of this State over a
nonresident defendant alleged to be the father in a
paternity proceeding under certain circumstances where
the conception of a child allegedly occurred in this
State.

BY adding to

Article - Courts and Judicial Proceedings

Section 6-103.2

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1974 Volume and 1979 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be repealed, amended, or enacted to read as follows: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

6-103.2.

A COURT MAY EXERCISE PERSONAL JURISDICTION OVER A
NONRESIDENT DEFENDANT ALLEGED TO BE THE FATHER IN A
PATERNITY PROCEEDING IF:

(1)  THE MOTHER RESIDES IN THIS STATE AT THE TIME
THE SUIT IS FILED;

(2)  THE NONRESIDENT PUTATIVE FATHER PERSONALLY
HAS BEEN SERVED WITH PROCESS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE MARYLAND
RULES; AND

(3)  THE ACT OF CONCEPTION IS ALLEGED TO HAVE
OCCURRED IN THIS STATE.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act
shall take effect July 1, 1980.

Approved May 6, 1980.

CHAPTER 415
(House Bill 775)
AN ACT concerning

Submerged Lands - Reclassification to Clam Bars