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LAWS OF MARYLAND

Ch. 360

(House Bill 447)

AN ACT concerning

Paternity and Child Support

FOR the purpose of enabling the court to order a defendant
in a paternity proceeding to contribute to certain
medical support of his child; and clarifying language.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

Article 16 - Chancery

Section 66H(a)(3)

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1981 Replacement Volume and 1981 Supplement)

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

Article 16 - Chancery

66H.

(a) (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] EXPENSES for her pregnancy, confinement,
and recovery and for the funeral expenses if the child has
died or dies and may award counsel fees to the attorney
representing the complainant or petitioner. THE COURT MAY
ALSO REQUIRE THE DEFENDANT TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE MEDICAL
SUPPORT OF THE CHILD, INCLUDING NEONATAL EXPENSES, OR TO THE
PURCHASE OF HEALTH INSURANCE FOR MEDICAL COSTS INCURRED BY
THE CHILD, OR BOTH. Costs shall be awarded as in other
civil cases in accordance with Rule 604 of the Maryland
Rules of Practice and Procedure 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.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act
shall take effect July 1, 1982.

Approved May 20, 1982.

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