Ch. 667                                    1996 LAWS OF MARYLAND

Article - Family Law

SUBTITLE 3. MARYLAND UNIFORM INTERSTATE FAMILY SUPPORT ACT.

PART I. GENERAL PROVISIONS.
10-301. DEFINITIONS.

(A)     IN THIS SUBTITLE THE FOLLOWING WORDS HAVE THE MEANINGS
INDICATED.

(B)     "CHILD" MEANS AN INDIVIDUAL, WHETHER OVER OR UNDER THE AGE
OF MAJORITY, WHO IS OR IS ALLEGED TO BE OWED A DUTY OF SUPPORT BY THE
INDIVIDUAL'S PARENT OR WHO IS OR IS ALLEGED TO BE THE BENEFICIARY OF A
SUPPORT ORDER DIRECTED TO THE PARENT.

(C)     "CHILD SUPPORT ORDER" MEANS A SUPPORT ORDER FOR A CHILD,
INCLUDING A CHILD WHO HAS ATTAINED THE AGE OF MAJORITY UNDER THE LAW
OF THE ISSUING STATE

(D)    "DUTY OF SUPPORT" MEANS AN OBLIGATION IMPOSED OR IMPOSABLE BY
LAW TO PROVIDE SUPPORT FOR A CHILD, SPOUSE, OR FORMER SPOUSE, INCLUDING
AN UNSATISFIED OBLIGATION TO PROVIDE SUPPORT.

(E)     "HOME STATE" MEANS THE STATE IN WHICH A CHILD LIVED WITH A
PARENT OR A PERSON ACTING AS PARENT FOR AT LEAST 6 CONSECUTIVE MONTHS
IMMEDIATELY PRECEDING THE TIME OF FILING OF A COMPLAINT OR COMPARABLE
PLEADING FOR SUPPORT AND, IF A CHILD IS LESS THAN 6 MONTHS OLD, THE STATE
IN WHICH THE CHILD LIVED FROM BIRTH WITH ANY OF THEM. A PERIOD OF
TEMPORARY ABSENCE OF ANY OF THEM IS COUNTED AS PART OF THE 6-MONTH OR
OTHER PERIOD.

(F)     "INCOME" INCLUDES EARNINGS OR OTHER PERIODIC ENTITLEMENTS TO
MONEY FROM ANY SOURCE AND ANY OTHER PROPERTY SUBJECT TO
WITHHOLDING FOR SUPPORT UNDER THE LAW OF THIS STATE

(G)     "INCOME WITHHOLDING ORDER" MEANS AN ORDER OR OTHER LEGAL
PROCESS DIRECTED TO AN OBLIGOR'S EMPLOYER UNDER SUBTITLE 1 OF THIS TITLE
TO WITHHOLD SUPPORT FROM THE INCOME OF THE OBLIGOR.

(H) "INITIATING STATE" MEANS A STATE IN WHICH A PROCEEDING UNDER
THIS SUBTITLE OR A LAW SUBSTANTIALLY SIMILAR TO THIS SUBTITLE, THE
UNIFORM RECIPROCAL ENFORCEMENT OF SUPPORT ACT, OR THE REVISED
UNIFORM RECIPROCAL ENFORCEMENT OF SUPPORT ACT IS FILED FOR
FORWARDING TO A RESPONDING STATE

(I) "INITIATING TRIBUNAL" MEANS THE AUTHORIZED TRIBUNAL IN AN
INITIATING STATE

(J) "ISSUING STATE" MEANS THE STATE IN WHICH A TRIBUNAL ISSUES A
SUPPORT ORDER OR RENDERS A JUDGMENT DETERMINING PARENTAGE

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