PARRIS N. GLENDENING, Governor

Ch. 609

(ii) a foreign jurisdiction that has ENACTED A LAW OR established
procedures for issuance and enforcement of support orders which are substantially similar
to the procedures under this subtitle, THE UNIFORM RECIPROCAL ENFORCEMENT OF
SUPPORT ACT, OR THE REVISED UNIFORM RECIPROCAL ENFORCEMENT OF
SUPPORT ACT.

Part II. Jurisdiction.

SUBPART A. EXTENDED PERSONAL JURISDICTION.
10-304. BASES FOR JURISDICTION OVER NONRESIDENT.

IN A PROCEEDING TO ESTABLISH, ENFORCE, OR MODIFY A SUPPORT ORDER
OR TO DETERMINE PARENTAGE, A TRIBUNAL OF THIS STATE MAY EXERCISE
PERSONAL JURISDICTION OVER A NONRESIDENT INDIVIDUAL OR THE
INDIVIDUAL'S GUARDIAN OR CONSERVATOR IF:

(1)     THE INDIVIDUAL IS PERSONALLY SERVED WITHIN THIS STATE;

(2)     THE INDIVIDUAL SUBMITS TO THE JURISDICTION OF THIS STATE BY
CONSENT, BY ENTERING A GENERAL APPEARANCE, OR BY FILING A RESPONSIVE
DOCUMENT HAVING THE EFFECT OF WAIVING ANY CONTEST TO PERSONAL
JURISDICTION;

(3)     THE INDIVIDUAL RESIDED WITH THE CHILD IN THIS STATE;

(4) (3) THE INDIVIDUAL RESIDED IN THIS STATE AND PROVIDED
PRENATAL EXPENSES OR SUPPORT FOR THE CHILD;

(5) (4) THE CHILD RESIDES IN THIS STATE AS RESULT OF THE ACTS OR
DIRECTIVES OF THE INDIVIDUAL;

(6) (5) THE INDIVIDUAL ENGAGED IN SEXUAL INTERCOURSE IN THIS
STATE AND THE CHILD MAY HAVE BEEN CONCEIVED BY THAT ACT OF
INTERCOURSE IN THIS STATE; OR

(7) (6) THERE IS ANY OTHER BASIS CONSISTENT WITH THE
CONSTITUTIONS OF THIS STATE AND THE UNITED STATES FOR THE EXERCISE OF
PERSONAL JURISDICTION.

10-305. PROCEDURE WHEN EXERCISING JURISDICTION OVER NONRESIDENT.

A TRIBUNAL OF THIS STATE EXERCISING PERSONAL JURISDICTION OVER A
NONRESIDENT UNDER § 10-304 OF THIS SUBTITLE MAY APPLY § 10-328 OF THIS
SUBTITLE (SPECIAL RULES OF EVIDENCE AND PROCEDURE) TO RECEIVE EVIDENCE
FROM ANOTHER STATE, AND § 10-330 OF THIS SUBTITLE (ASSISTANCE WITH
DISCOVERY) TO OBTAIN DISCOVERY THROUGH A TRIBUNAL OF ANOTHER STATE IN
ALL OTHER RESPECTS, PARTS III THROUGH VII OF THIS SUBTITLE DO NOT APPLY
AND THE TRIBUNAL SHALL APPLY THE PROCEDURAL AND SUBSTANTIVE LAW OF
THIS STATE, INCLUDING THE RULES ON CHOICE OF LAW OTHER THAN THOSE
ESTABLISHED BY THIS SUBTITLE

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