Ch. 667                                    1996 LAWS OF MARYLAND

(C)     IF A CHILD SUPPORT ORDER OF THIS STATE IS MODIFIED BY A TRIBUNAL
OF ANOTHER STATE PURSUANT TO A LAW SUBSTANTIALLY SIMILAR TO THIS
SUBTITLE, A TRIBUNAL OF THIS STATE LOSES ITS CONTINUING, EXCLUSIVE
JURISDICTION WITH REGARD TO PROSPECTIVE ENFORCEMENT OF THE ORDER
ISSUED IN THIS STATE, AND MAY ONLY:

(1)     ENFORCE THE ORDER THAT WAS MODIFIED AS TO AMOUNTS
ACCRUING BEFORE THE MODIFICATION;

(2)     ENFORCE NONMODIFIABLE ASPECTS OF THAT ORDER; AND

(3)     PROVIDE OTHER APPROPRIATE RELIEF FOR VIOLATIONS OF THAT
ORDER WHICH OCCURRED BEFORE THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THE MODIFICATION.

(D)    A TRIBUNAL OF THIS STATE SHALL RECOGNIZE THE CONTINUING,
EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION OF A TRIBUNAL OF ANOTHER STATE WHICH HAS ISSUED
A CHILD SUPPORT ORDER PURSUANT TO A LAW SUBSTANTIALLY SIMILAR TO THIS
SUBTITLE.

(E)     A TEMPORARY SUPPORT ORDER ISSUED EX PARTE OR PENDING
RESOLUTION OF A JURISDICTIONAL CONFLICT DOES NOT CREATE CONTINUING,
EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION IN THE ISSUING TRIBUNAL.

(F)     A TRIBUNAL OF THIS STATE ISSUING A SUPPORT ORDER CONSISTENT
WITH THE LAW OF THIS STATE HAS CONTINUING, EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION OVER A
SPOUSAL SUPPORT ORDER THROUGHOUT THE EXISTENCE OF THE SUPPORT
OBLIGATION. A TRIBUNAL OF THIS STATE MAY NOT MODIFY A SPOUSAL SUPPORT
ORDER ISSUED BY A TRIBUNAL OF ANOTHER STATE HAVING CONTINUING,
EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION OVER THAT ORDER UNDER THE LAW OF THAT STATE

10-307. ENFORCEMENT AND MODIFICATION OF SUPPORT ORDER BY TRIBUNAL
HAVING CONTINUING JURISDICTION.

(A)    A TRIBUNAL OF THIS STATE MAY SERVE AS AN INITIATING TRIBUNAL TO
REQUEST A TRIBUNAL OF ANOTHER STATE TO ENFORCE OR MODIFY A SUPPORT
ORDER ISSUED IN THAT STATE

(B)     A TRIBUNAL OF THIS STATE HAVING CONTINUING, EXCLUSIVE
JURISDICTION OVER A SUPPORT ORDER MAY ACT AS A RESPONDING TRIBUNAL TO
ENFORCE OR MODIFY THE ORDER. IF A PARTY SUBJECT TO THE CONTINUING,
EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION OF THE TRIBUNAL NO LONGER RESIDES IN THE ISSUING
STATE, IN SUBSEQUENT PROCEEDINGS THE TRIBUNAL MAY APPLY § 10-325 OF THIS
SUBTITLE (ASSISTANCE WITH DISCOVERY) TO OBTAIN DISCOVERY THROUGH A
TRIBUNAL OF ANOTHER STATE.

(C) A TRIBUNAL OF THIS STATE WHICH LACKS CONTINUING, EXCLUSIVE
JURISDICTION OVER A SPOUSAL SUPPORT ORDER MAY NOT SERVE AS A
RESPONDING TRIBUNAL TO MODIFY A SPOUSAL SUPPORT ORDER OF ANOTHER
STATE.

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