PARRIS N. GLENDENING, Governor

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(K) "ISSUING TRIBUNAL" MEANS THE TRIBUNAL THAT ISSUES A SUPPORT
ORDER OR RENDERS A JUDGMENT DETERMINING PARENTAGE.

(L) "LAW INCLUDES DECISIONAL AND STATUTORY LAW AND RULES AND
REGULATIONS HAVING THE FORCE OF LAW.

(M) "OBLIGEE" MEANS:

(1)     AN INDIVIDUAL TO WHOM A DUTY OF SUPPORT IS OR IS ALLEGED
TO BE OWED OR IN WHOSE FAVOR A SUPPORT ORDER HAS BEEN ISSUED OR A
JUDGMENT DETERMINING PARENTAGE HAS BEEN RENDERED;

(2)     A STATE OR POLITICAL SUBDIVISION TO WHICH THE RIGHTS UNDER
A DUTY OF SUPPORT OR SUPPORT ORDER HAVE BEEN ASSIGNED OR WHICH HAS
INDEPENDENT CLAIMS BASED ON FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE PROVIDED TO AN
INDIVIDUAL OBLIGEE; OR

(3)     AN INDIVIDUAL SEEKING A JUDGMENT DETERMINING PARENTAGE
OF THE INDIVIDUAL'S CHILD.

(N) "OBLIGOR" MEANS AN INDIVIDUAL OR THE ESTATE OF A DECEDENT:

(1)     WHO OWES OR IS ALLEGED TO OWE A DUTY OF SUPPORT;

(2)     WHO IS ALLEGED BUT HAS NOT BEEN ADJUDICATED TO BE A
PARENT OF A CHILD; OR

(3)     WHO IS LIABLE UNDER A SUPPORT ORDER.

(O) "REGISTER" MEANS TO RECORD A SUPPORT ORDER OR JUDGMENT
DETERMINING PARENTAGE IN THE REGISTRY OF FOREIGN SUPPORT ORDERS.

(P) "REGISTERING TRIBUNAL" MEANS A TRIBUNAL IN WHICH A SUPPORT
ORDER IS REGISTERED.

(Q) "RESPONDING STATE" MEANS A STATE TO WHICH A PROCEEDING IS
FORWARDED 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.

(R) "RESPONDING TRIBUNAL" MEANS THE AUTHORIZED TRIBUNAL IN A
RESPONDING STATE

(S) "SPOUSAL SUPPORT ORDER" MEANS A SUPPORT ORDER FOR A SPOUSE
OR FORMER SPOUSE OF THE OBLIGOR.

(T) (1) "STATE" MEANS A STATE OF THE UNITED STATES, THE DISTRICT OF
COLUMBIA, THE COMMONWEALTH OF PUERTO RICO, OR ANY TERRITORY OR
INSULAR POSSESSION SUBJECT TO THE JURISDICTION OF THE UNITED STATES.

(2) "STATE" INCLUDES:

(I) AN INDIAN TRIBE; AND

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