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Martin O'Malley, Governor
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criteria for participation in the Program; requiring the Administration to
consider certain factors in determining whether to authorize a child support
obligor to participate in the Program; establishing a certain presumption;
requiring the Administration to reduce certain child support arrearages under
certain circumstances; requiring that certain child support enforcement actions
be suspended except under certain circumstances; requiring the Administration
to take certain actions; establishing that a Program agreement is effective
without the necessity of judicial approval; requiring that a Program agreement
be terminated under certain circumstances; prohibiting a certain obligor from
future participation in the Program under certain circumstances; establishing
certain appeal procedures; requiring the Administration and local support
enforcement offices to jointly develop a certain public awareness campaign;
authorizing the Secretary of Human Resources to adopt certain regulations;
requiring the Administration to report to the General Assembly on or before a
certain date; defining a certain term; and generally relating to the Child
Support Payment Incentive Program.
BY repealing and reenacting, without amendments,
Article - Family Law
Section 10-112
Annotated Code of Maryland
(2006 Replacement Volume)
BY adding to
Article - Family Law
Section 10-112.1
Annotated Code of Maryland
(2006 Replacement Volume)
SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:
Article - Family Law
10-112.
(a) (1) Subject to the best interest of the child, if the Administration
considers it to be in the best interest of this State in a case in which an assignment
has been made under Article 88A, § 50(b)(2) of the Code, the Administration may
accept in full settlement of an arrearage in child support payments an amount that is
less than the total arrearage.
(2) On request of the Administration, a court may approve by order an
amount that is less than the total arrearage as full settlement of the arrearage.
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