PARRIS N. GLENDENING, Governor

Ch. 609

(4)     determine the amount of any arrearages and specify a method of
payment;

(5)     enforce orders by civil or criminal contempt, or both;

(6)     set aside property for satisfaction of the support order;

(7)     place liens and order execution on the obligor's property;

(8)     order an obligor to keep the tribunal informed of the obligor's current
residential address, telephone number, employer, address of employment, and telephone
number at the place of employment;

(9)     issue a bench warrant for an obligor who has failed after proper notice
to appear at a hearing ordered by the tribunal and enter the bench warrant in any local
and State computer systems for criminal warrants;

(10)   order the obligor to seek appropriate employment by specified methods;

(11)   award reasonable attorney's fees and other fees and costs; and

(12)   grant any other available remedy.

(c)     A responding tribunal of this State shall include in a support order issued
under this subtitle, or in the documents accompanying the order, the calculations on
which the support order is based.

(d)     A responding tribunal of this State may not condition the payment of a
support order issued under this subtitle upon compliance by a party with provisions for
visitation.

(e)     If a responding tribunal of this State issues an order under this subtitle, the
tribunal shall send a copy of the order [by first-class mail] to the plaintiff and the
defendant and to the initiating tribunal, if any.

[10-316.] 10-318.

If a complaint or comparable pleading is received by an inappropriate tribunal of
this State, it shall forward the pleading and accompanying documents to an appropriate
tribunal in this State or another state and notify the plaintiff [by first-class mail] where
and when the pleading was sent.

[10-317.] 10-319.

(a)     A support enforcement agency of this State, upon request, shall provide
services to a plaintiff in a proceeding under this subtitle.

(b)     A support enforcement agency that is providing services to the plaintiff as
appropriate shall:

(1)     take all steps necessary to enable an appropriate tribunal in this State or
another state to obtain jurisdiction over the defendant;

(2)     request an appropriate tribunal to set a date, time, and place for a
hearing;

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