Ch. 667

1996 LAWS OF MARYLAND

THE REGISTERED ORDER MAY BE MODIFIED ONLY IF THE REQUIREMENTS OF §
10-340 10-341 OF THIS SUBTITLE (MODIFICATION OF CHILD SUPPORT ORDER OF
ANOTHER STATE) HAVE BEEN MET.

10-340. 10-341. MODIFICATION OF CHILD SUPPORT ORDER OF ANOTHER STATE

(A)    AFTER A CHILD SUPPORT ORDER ISSUED IN ANOTHER STATE HAS BEEN
REGISTERED IN THIS STATE, THE RESPONDING TRIBUNAL OF THIS STATE MAY
MODIFY THAT ORDER ONLY IF, AFTER NOTICE AND HEARING, IT FINDS THAT:

(1)     THE FOLLOWING REQUIREMENTS ARE MET:

(I)      THE CHILD, THE INDIVIDUAL OBLIGEE, AND THE OBLIGOR DO
NOT RESIDE IN THE ISSUING STATE;

(II)    A PLAINTIFF WHO IS A NONRESIDENT OF THIS STATE SEEKS
MODIFICATION; AND

(III) THE DEFENDANT IS SUBJECT TO THE PERSONAL JURISDICTION
OF THE TRIBUNAL OF THIS STATE; OR

(2)     AN INDIVIDUAL PARTY OR THE CHILD IS SUBJECT TO THE
PERSONAL JURISDICTION OF THE TRIBUNAL AND ALL OF THE INDIVIDUAL PARTIES
HAVE FILED A WRITTEN CONSENT IN THE ISSUING TRIBUNAL PROVIDING THAT A
TRIBUNAL OF THIS STATE MAY MODIFY THE SUPPORT ORDER AND ASSUME
CONTINUING, EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION OVER THE ORDER.

(B)     MODIFICATION OF A REGISTERED CHILD SUPPORT ORDER IS SUBJECT TO
THE SAME REQUIREMENTS, PROCEDURES, AND DEFENSES THAT APPLY TO THE
MODIFICATION OF AN ORDER ISSUED BY A TRIBUNAL OF THIS STATE, AND THE
ORDER MAY BE ENFORCED AND SATISFIED IN THE SAME MANNER.

(C)     A TRIBUNAL OF THIS STATE MAY NOT MODIFY ANY ASPECT OF A CHILD
SUPPORT ORDER THAT MAY NOT BE MODIFIED UNDER THE LAW OF THE ISSUING
STATE

(D)    ON ISSUANCE OF AN ORDER MODIFYING A CHILD SUPPORT ORDER
ISSUED IN ANOTHER STATE, A TRIBUNAL OF THIS STATE BECOMES THE TRIBUNAL
OF CONTINUING, EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION.

(E)     WITHIN 30 DAYS AFTER ISSUANCE OF A MODIFIED CHILD SUPPORT
ORDER, THE PARTY OBTAINING THE MODIFICATION SHALL FILE A CERTIFIED COPY
OF THE ORDER WITH THE ISSUING TRIBUNAL WHICH HAD CONTINUING, EXCLUSIVE
JURISDICTION OVER THE EARLIER ORDER, AND IN EACH TRIBUNAL IN WHICH THE
PARTY KNOWS THAT EARLIER ORDER HAS BEEN REGISTERED.

10-341. 10-341 RECOGNITION OF ORDER MODIFIED IN ANOTHER STATE.

A TRIBUNAL OF THIS STATE SHALL RECOGNIZE A MODIFICATION OF ITS
EARLIER CHILD SUPPORT ORDER BY A TRIBUNAL OF ANOTHER STATE WHICH
ASSUMED JURISDICTION PURSUANT TO A LAW SUBSTANTIALLY SIMILAR TO THIS
SUBTITLE AND, UPON REQUEST, EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE PROVIDED IN THIS
SUBTITLE, SHALL:

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