HARRY HUGHES, Governor

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Defined terms: "Administration" § 10-101
"Employer" § 10-101

"Local support enforcement office" § 10-101
"Support" §§ 1-101 and 10-101

10-118. RESERVED.

10-119. RESERVED.

PART III. ARREARAGE -- LIEN ON EARNINGS.

10-120. PETITION.

(A)  WHEN PETITION MAY BE FILED.

IF AN OBLIGOR IS IN ARREARS IN CHILD OR SPOUSAL SUPPORT
PAYMENTS FOR MORE THAN 30 DAYS, THE RECIPIENT OR THE SUPPORT
ENFORCEMENT AGENCY MAY FILE A PETITION FOR A LIEN ON THE EARNINGS
OF THE OBLIGOR.

(B)  CONTENTS; OATH; FORM.
THE PETITION:

(1)  SHALL BE UNDER OATH AND INCLUDE ENOUGH
INFORMATION TO ENABLE THE COURT TO ISSUE A SHOW CAUSE ORDER; AND

(2)  MAY BE FILED ON A FORM PREPARED BY THE COURT.

REVISOR'S NOTE: This section is new language derived
without substantive change from former Article 16, §
5B(b)(2) and the first and second clauses of (1).

In subsection (a) of this section, "recipient or the
support enforcement agency" is substituted for the
former term "petitioner", for clarity.

Defined terms: "Earnings" § 10-101

"Obligor" § 10-101 "Support" §§ 1-101 and 10-101

"Support enforcement agency" § 10-101

10-121. SHOW CAUSE ORDER.

(A)  ISSUANCE.

ON RECEIPT OF A PETITION, THE COURT SHALL ISSUE A SHOW CAUSE
ORDER.

(B)  CONTENTS.

THE SHOW CAUSE ORDER SHALL STATE:

(1) THAT A LIEN ON THE EARNINGS OF THE OBLIGOR HAS
BEEN REQUESTED;