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<section article="gfl" article_name="Family Law" number="10-108" title_number="10" title_name="Support in General" subtitle_number="1" subtitle_name="Civil and Criminal Enforcement">
  <level label="a">
    <text>The Administration shall:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>coordinate a statewide program for support enforcement;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>maintain a central registry of records on absent parents as required under § 12–105 of this article;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>locate absent parents;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>determine the ability of an absent parent to pay child support;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>accept assignment of right, title, or interest in child support made under § 5–312(b)(2) of the Human Services Article;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="6">
      <text>in any case in which an assignment is made under § 5–312(b)(2) of the Human Services Article, prosecute and maintain any legal or equitable action available to establish each absent parent’s obligation to pay child support;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="7">
      <text>cooperate with other states in establishing and enforcing child support obligations;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="8">
      <text>collect and disburse support payments through the State disbursement unit established under § 10–108.7 of this subtitle; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="9">
      <text>use established legal processes to enforce court orders to pay support.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>Except in a county that has a local support enforcement office, the Administration is the agency that is responsible for support enforcement in all cases where a court orders an obligor to make support payments to a public agency:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>as the payee; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>as collection agent for the payee.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>In this subsection, “notice of arrearage” means a written notice provided by the Administration:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>to an obligor who is in arrears in making child support payments; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>relating to the arrearage.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>If the Administration sends a notice of arrearage within the first 120 days that the obligor is in arrears in making child support payments, the Administration shall include notice that continued arrearage may result in revocation or denial of a license under § 10-119.3 of this subtitle.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
