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LAWS OF MARYLAND

Ch. 296

In subsection (d) of this section, the former
references to "by information and due proof under
oath" are deleted as unnecessary.

Also in subsection (e)(2) of this section, the
reference to "the agency that is authorized by law to
receive the forfeited recognizance" is substituted for
the former references to payment to the county or
Baltimore City, to conform to practice.

Defined terms: "Destitute adult child" § 13-101
"Destitute parent" § 13-101 "Support" § 1-101

13-109. RELEASE FROM ORDER, BOND, OR RECOGNIZANCE.

THE COURT SHALL RELEASE AN INDIVIDUAL WHO IS ORDERED TO PAY
SUPPORT UNDER THIS SUBTITLE AND ANY SURETIES OF THAT INDIVIDUAL
FROM THE TERMS OF ANY COURT ORDER, BOND, OR RECOGNIZANCE UNDER
THIS SUBTITLE IF:

(1)  THE INDIVIDUAL OR THE INDIVIDUAL'S DESTITUTE
PARENT OR DESTITUTE ADULT CHILD DIES;

(2)  THE INDIVIDUAL'S DESTITUTE PARENT OR DESTITUTE
ADULT CHILD BECOMES SELF-SUPPORTING; OR

(3)  THE INDIVIDUAL BECOMES UNABLE TO EARN OR LOSES
POSSESSION OF MEANS SUFFICIENT TO PROVIDE FOR THE INDIVIDUAL'S
DESTITUTE PARENT OR DESTITUTE ADULT CHILD.

REVISOR'S NOTE: This section is new language that combines
without substantive change former Article 27, §§ 103
and 110.

Defined terms: "Destitute adult child" § 13-101
"Destitute parent" § 13-101 "Support" § 1-101

GENERAL REVISOR'S NOTE:

The parenthetical clauses in the first sentence of former
Article 27, §§ 98(a) and 105(a), respectively, which defined
"State's attorney" to include deputy and assistant State's
Attorneys for purposes of the exercise of certain powers, if so
authorized by the State's Attorney, are deleted as unnecessary.

Former Article 27, §§ 98(b) and 105(b), which provided that
the State's Attorney could submit "any such nonsupport case to
the grand jury", are deleted as obsolete in light of the implicit
repeal of the provisions that gave jurisdiction over criminal
prosecutions brought under this title to the circuit court for
the county.

The Commission to Revise the Annotated Code notes, for
consideration by the General Assembly, that the criminal