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<section article="gcj" article_name="Courts and Judicial Proceedings" number="5-1103" title_number="5" title_name="Limitations, Prohibited Actions, and Immunities" subtitle_number="11" subtitle_name="Structured Settlements">
  <level label="a">
    <text>A petition for a transfer of structured settlement payment rights under § 5–1102 of this subtitle shall be filed:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>If the payee resides in this State, in the circuit court for the county in which the payee resides; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>If the payee does not reside in this State, in the circuit court:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>That approved the structured settlement agreement; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>In which the settled claim was pending when the parties entered into the structured settlement agreement, if the structured settlement was not court approved.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>A transferee shall file with the court and serve on the interested parties at least 20 days before the hearing on the petition, a notice of the proposed transfer and a petition for its authorization, including:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>A copy of the transferee’s petition;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>A copy of the transfer agreement; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>Notification:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>Of the time and place of the hearing; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>That each interested party is entitled to support, oppose, or otherwise respond to the transferee’s petition, in person or by counsel, by submitting written comments to the court or by participating in the hearing.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
