PARRIS N. GLENDENING, Governor                             Ch. 667

establishing procedures in proceedings under this Act involving two or more states
to establish, modify, or enforce a support order or to determine parentage;
providing that, with certain exceptions, the issuing tribunal retains continuing,
exclusive jurisdiction over a support order; establishing the priority of existing
multiple support orders; establishing procedures applicable to proceedings under
this Act; authorizing a tribunal of this State to issue a support order under certain
circumstances; establishing procedures for direct enforcement of the order of
another state without registration of the order with a tribunal of this State;
establishing procedures for enforcement and modification of the order of another
state after registration with a tribunal of this State; establishing procedures for a
party to contest the validity or enforcement of an order of another state that is
registered in this State; authorizing a tribunal of this State to determine parentage
of a child under certain circumstances; establishing procedures for interstate
rendition of certain individuals; defining certain terms; providing for the application
of this Act; making provisions of this Act severable; providing for a delayed effective
date; and generally relating to interstate enforcement of support orders.

BY repealing

Article - Family Law

Section 10-301 through 10-340, inclusive, and the subtitle "Subtitle 3. Maryland
Uniform Reciprocal Enforcement of Support Act"

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1991 Replacement Volume and 1995 Supplement)

BY adding to

Article - Family Law

Section 10-301 through 10-347, 10-348, inclusive, to be under the new subtitle
"Subtitle 3. Maryland Uniform Interstate Family Support Act"

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1991 Replacement Volume and 1995 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That Section(s) 10-301 through 10-340, inclusive, and the subtitle
"Subtitle 3. Maryland Uniform Reciprocal Enforcement of Support Act" of Article -
Family Law of the Annotated Code of Maryland be repealed.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That the Laws of Maryland
read as follows:

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