PARRIS N. GLENDENING, Governor                             Ch. 667

SUBPART B. RECONCILIATION WITH ORDERS OF OTHER STATES.
10-308. RECOGNITION OF CHILD SUPPORT ORDERS.

(A)    IF A PROCEEDING IS BROUGHT UNDER THIS SUBTITLE, AND ONE OR
MORE CHILD SUPPORT ORDERS HAVE BEEN ISSUED IN THIS OR ANOTHER STATE
WITH REGARD TO AN OBLIGOR AND A CHILD, A TRIBUNAL OF THIS STATE SHALL
APPLY THE FOLLOWING RULES IN DETERMINING WHICH ORDER TO RECOGNIZE
FOR PURPOSES OF CONTINUING, EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION:

(1)     IF ONLY ONE TRIBUNAL HAS ISSUED A CHILD SUPPORT ORDER, THE
ORDER OF THAT TRIBUNAL MUST BE RECOGNIZED.

(2)     IF TWO OR MORE TRIBUNALS HAVE ISSUED CHILD SUPPORT
ORDERS FOR THE SAME OBLIGOR AND CHILD, AND ONLY ONE OF THE TRIBUNALS
WOULD HAVE CONTINUING, EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION UNDER THIS SUBTITLE, THE
ORDER OF THAT TRIBUNAL MUST BE RECOGNIZED.

(3)     IF TWO OR MORE TRIBUNALS HAVE ISSUED CHILD SUPPORT
ORDERS FOR THE SAME OBLIGOR AND CHILD, AND MORE THAN ONE OF THE
TRIBUNALS WOULD HAVE CONTINUING, EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION UNDER THIS
SUBTITLE, AN ORDER ISSUED BY A TRIBUNAL IN THE CURRENT HOME STATE OF
THE CHILD MUST BE RECOGNIZED, BUT IF AN ORDER HAS NOT BEEN ISSUED IN THE
CURRENT HOME STATE OF THE CHILD, THE ORDER MOST RECENTLY ISSUED MUST
BE RECOGNIZED.

(4)     IF TWO OR MORE TRIBUNALS HAVE ISSUED CHILD SUPPORT
ORDERS FOR THE SAME OBLIGOR AND CHILD, AND NONE OF THE TRIBUNALS
WOULD HAVE CONTINUING, EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION UNDER THIS SUBTITLE, THE
TRIBUNAL OF THIS STATE MAY ISSUE A CHILD SUPPORT ORDER, WHICH MUST BE
RECOGNIZED.

(B)     THE TRIBUNAL THAT HAS ISSUED AN ORDER RECOGNIZED UNDER
SUBSECTION (A) OF THIS SECTION IS THE TRIBUNAL HAVING CONTINUING,
EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION.

10-309. MULTIPLE CHILD SUPPORT ORDERS FOR TWO OR MORE OBLIGEES.

IN RESPONDING TO MULTIPLE REGISTRATIONS OR REQUESTS FOR
ENFORCEMENT OF TWO OR MORE CHILD SUPPORT ORDERS IN EFFECT AT THE SAME
TIME WITH REGARD TO THE SAME OBLIGOR AND DIFFERENT INDIVIDUAL
OBLIGEES, AT LEAST ONE OF WHICH WAS ISSUED BY A TRIBUNAL OF ANOTHER
STATE, A TRIBUNAL OF THIS STATE SHALL ENFORCE THOSE ORDERS IN THE SAME
MANNER AS IF THE MULTIPLE ORDERS HAD BEEN ISSUED BY A TRIBUNAL OF THIS
STATE

10-310. CREDIT FOR PAYMENTS.

AMOUNTS COLLECTED AND CREDITED FOR A PARTICULAR PERIOD PURSUANT
TO A SUPPORT ORDER ISSUED BY A TRIBUNAL OF ANOTHER STATE MUST BE
CREDITED AGAINST THE AMOUNTS ACCRUING OR ACCRUED FOR THE SAME
PERIOD UNDER A SUPPORT ORDER ISSUED BY THE TRIBUNAL OF THIS STATE.

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