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Ch. 337 2006 LAWS OF MARYLAND
CHAPTER 337
(House Bill 654)
AN ACT concerning
Family Law - Child Support - Settlement of Arrearages
FOR the purpose of establishing that it is in the best interest of the State for the
Child Support Enforcement Administration to settle certain child support
arrearages if the obligor and the child who is the subject of the support order
have resided together for a certain period of time under certain circumstances;
providing for the construction of certain provisions of this Act; 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 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) 1. 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; OR
2. THE OBLIGOR 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,
AND THE INDIVIDUAL WHO HAS MADE AN ASSIGNMENT UNDER ARTICLE 88A, §
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