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WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor Ch. 197
(2) if there is an agreement with respect to support of the child, to the
recipient designated in the agreement.
(d) The court may modify the order as circumstances require.
(E) AN INDIVIDUAL WHO IS PLACED ON PROBATION UNDER THIS SECTION
AND FAILS TO COMPLY WITH THE ORDER ESTABLISHED BY THE COURT SHALL BE
SUBJECT TO THE SPECIAL CONDITION THAT THE INDIVIDUAL PROVIDE COMMUNITY
SERVICE IN AN AMOUNT DETERMINED BY THE COURT.
12-101.
(A) [The] UNLESS THE COURT FINDS FROM THE EVIDENCE THAT THE
ACTION AMOUNT OF THE AWARD WOULD BE UNCONSCIONABLE PRODUCE AN
INEQUITABLE RESULT, THE court [may] SHALL ORDER AN INITIAL award OF child
support for a period from the [filing of the pleading that requests child support]
SEPARATION OF THE PARENTS.
(B) THE COURT SHALL GIVE CREDIT FOR DIRECT PAYMENTS THAT THE
COURT FINDS HAVE BEEN MADE DURING THE PERIOD BEGINNING FROM THE
SEPARATION OF THE PARENTS FILING OF THE PLEADING THAT REQUESTS CHILD
SUPPORT.
(C) FOR ANY SUBSEQUENT AWARD OR MODIFICATION OF AN INITIAL
AWARD OF CHILD SUPPORT, THE COURT MAY AWARD CHILD SUPPORT FOR A
PERIOD FROM THE FILING OF THE PLEADING THAT REQUESTS THE SUBSEQUENT
AWARD OR MODIFICATION OF THE INITIAL AWARD OF CHILD SUPPORT.
(D) THE COURT MAY ORDER EITHER PARENT TO PAY ALL OR PART OF:
(1) THE MOTHER'S MEDICAL AND HOSPITAL EXPENSES FOR
PREGNANCY, CONFINEMENT, AND RECOVERY; AND
(2) MEDICAL SUPPORT FOR THE CHILD, INCLUDING NEONATAL
EXPENSES.
SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That the Laws of Maryland
read as follows:
Article—Family Law
5-1028.1.
(A) THERE IS A REBUTTABLE PRESUMPTION THAT A MAN WHO COMPLETES A
NOTARIZED AFFIDAVIT RECOGNIZING PARENTAGE OF A CHILD IN ACCORDANCE
WITH THIS SECTION IS THE NATURAL FATHER OF THE CHILD.
(B) THE NOTARIZED AFFIDAVIT SHALL BE COMPLETED ON A STANDARDIZED
FORM DEVELOPED BY THE DEPARTMENT.
(C) IN ORDER TO ESTABLISH A REBUTTABLE PRESUMPTION OF PATERNITY
UNDER SUBSECTION (A) OF THIS SECTION, THE COMPLETED NOTARIZED AFFIDAVIT
FORM SHALL CONTAIN:
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