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2006 LAWS OF MARYLAND
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Ch. 326
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SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect
June 1, 2006, and shall be applicable to all taxable years beginning after June 30,
2005 2006.
Approved May 2, 2006.
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CHAPTER 326
(House Bill 453)
AN ACT concerning
Child Support - Settlement of Arrearages - Best Interest of the Child
FOR the purpose of establishing that the authority of the Child Support Enforcement
Administration to settle child support arrearages under certain circumstances is
subject to the best interest of the child; and generally relating to child support.
BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article - Family Law
Section 10-112
Annotated Code of Maryland
(2004 Replacement Volume and 2005 Supplement)
SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:
Article - Family Law
10-112.
(a) (1) [If] SUBJECT TO THE BEST INTEREST OF THE CHILD, IF the
Administration considers it to be in the best interest of this State in a case in which
an assignment has been made under Article 88A, § 50(b)(2) of the Code, the
Administration may accept in full settlement of an arrearage in child support
payments an amount that is less than the total arrearage.
(2) On request of the Administration, a court may approve by order an
amount that is less than the total arrearage as full settlement of the arrearage.
(b) (1) In a case in which an assignment has been made under Article 88A, §
50(b)(2) of the Code, there is a presumption that it is in the best interest of this State
for the Administration to accept in full settlement of an arrearage in child support
payments an amount that is less than the total arrearage if:
(i) the obligor, the individual who has made an assignment under
Article 88A, § 50(b)(2) of the Code, and the child who is the subject of the support
order have resided together for at least the 12 months immediately preceding a
request for settlement under this section;
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