Ch. 502                                    2004 LAWS OF MARYLAND

9.5-312.

(A)     THE COURT SHALL AWARD THE PREVAILING PARTY, INCLUDING A STATE,
NECESSARY AND REASONABLE EXPENSES INCURRED BY OR ON BEHALF OF THE
PARTY, INCLUDING COSTS, COMMUNICATION EXPENSES, ATTORNEYS FEES,
INVESTIGATIVE FEES, EXPENSES FOR WITNESSES, TRAVEL EXPENSES, AND CHILD
CARE EXPENSES DURING THE COURSE OF THE PROCEEDINGS, UNLESS THE PARTY
FROM WHOM FEES OR EXPENSES ARE SOUGHT ESTABLISHES THAT THE AWARD
WOULD BE CLEARLY INAPPROPRIATE.

(B)     THE COURT MAY NOT ASSESS FEES, COSTS, OR EXPENSES AGAINST A
STATE UNLESS AUTHORIZED BY LAW OTHER THAN THIS TITLE.

9.5-313.

A COURT OF THIS STATE SHALL ACCORD FULL FAITH AND CREDIT TO AN ORDER
ISSUED BY ANOTHER STATE AND CONSISTENT WITH THIS TITLE THAT ENFORCES A
CHILD CUSTODY DETERMINATION BY A COURT OF ANOTHER STATE UNLESS THE
ORDER HAS BEEN VACATED, STAYED, OR MODIFIED BY A COURT HAVING
JURISDICTION TO DO SO UNDER SUBTITLE 2 OF THIS TITLE.

9.5-314.

(A)     AN APPEAL MAY BE TAKEN FROM A FINAL ORDER IN A PROCEEDING
UNDER THIS SUBTITLE IN ACCORDANCE WITH EXPEDITED APPELLATE PROCEDURES
IN OTHER CIVIL CASES.

(B)     UNLESS THE COURT ENTERS A TEMPORARY EMERGENCY ORDER UNDER §
9.5-204 OF THIS TITLE, THE ENFORCING COURT MAY NOT STAY AN ORDER
ENFORCING A CHILD CUSTODY DETERMINATION PENDING APPEAL.

9.5-315.

(A) IN A CASE ARISING UNDER THIS TITLE OR INVOLVING THE HAGUE
CONVENTION ON THE CIVIL ASPECTS OF INTERNATIONAL CHILD ABDUCTION, THE
ATTORNEY GENERAL MAY TAKE ANY LAWFUL ACTION, INCLUDING RESORT TO A
PROCEEDING UNDER THIS SUBTITLE OR ANY OTHER AVAILABLE CIVIL PROCEEDING
TO LOCATE A CHILD, OBTAIN THE RETURN OF A CHILD, OR ENFORCE A CHILD
CUSTODY DETERMINATION IF THERE IS:

(1)      AN EXISTING CHILD CUSTODY DETERMINATION;

(2)      A REQUEST TO DO SO FROM A COURT IN A PENDING CHILD CUSTODY
PROCEEDING;

(3)     A REASONABLE BELIEF THAT A CRIMINAL STATUTE HAS BEEN
VIOLATED; OR

(4)      A REASONABLE BELIEF THAT THE CHILD HAS BEEN WRONGFULLY
REMOVED OR RETAINED IN VIOLATION OF THE HAGUE CONVENTION ON THE CIVIL
ASPECTS OF INTERNATIONAL CHILD ABDUCTION.

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