PARRIS N. GLENDENING, Governor                             Ch. 609

REGISTERED AN EARLIER ORDER OF CHILD SUPPORT. FAILURE OF THE PARTY
OBTAINING THE ORDER TO FILE A CERTIFIED COPY AS REQUIRED SUBJECTS THAT
PARTY TO APPROPRIATE SANCTIONS BY A TRIBUNAL IN WHICH THE ISSUE OF
FAILURE TO FILE ARISES, BUT THAT FAILURE HAS NO EFFECT ON THE VALIDITY OR
ENFORCEABILITY OF THE CONTROLLING ORDER.

[10-309.] 10-311.

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.] 10-312.

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.

Part III. Civil Provisions of General Application.
[10-311.] 10-313.

(a)     Except as otherwise provided in this subtitle, this Part III applies to all
proceedings under this subtitle.

(b)     This subtitle provides for the following proceedings:

(1)     establishment of an order for spousal support or child support pursuant
to Part IV of this subtitle;

(2)     enforcement of a support order and income withholding order of
another state without registration pursuant to Part V of this subtitle;

(3)     registration of an order for spousal support or child support of another
state for enforcement pursuant to Part VI of this subtitle;

(4)     modification of an order for child support or spousal support issued by a
tribunal of this State pursuant to Part II, Subpart [A] B of this subtitle;

(5)     registration of an order for child support of another state for
modification pursuant to Part VI of this subtitle; [and]

(6)     determination of parentage pursuant to Part VII of this subtitle; AND

(7)     ASSERTION OF JURISDICTION OVER NONRESIDENTS PURSUANT TO
PART II, SUBPART A OF THIS SUBTITLE.

(c)     An individual or a support enforcement agency may commence a proceeding
authorized under this subtitle by filing a complaint in an initiating tribunal for forwarding
to a responding tribunal or by filing a complaint or a comparable pleading directly in a
tribunal of another state which has or can obtain personal jurisdiction over the defendant.

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