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<section article="gcj" article_name="Courts and Judicial Proceedings" number="6-103.2" title_number="6" title_name="Personal Jurisdiction, Venue, Process and Practice" subtitle_number="1" subtitle_name="Bases of Personal Jurisdiction">
  <text>A court may exercise personal jurisdiction over a nonresident defendant alleged to be the father in a paternity proceeding if:</text>
  <level label="1">
    <text>The mother resides in this State at the time the suit is filed;</text>
  </level>
  <level label="2">
    <text>The nonresident alleged father personally has been served with process in accordance with the Maryland Rules; and</text>
  </level>
  <level label="3">
    <text>The act of conception is alleged to have occurred in this State.</text>
  </level>
</section>
