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<section article="gfl" article_name="Family Law" number="10-205" title_number="10" title_name="Support in General" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="Criminal Nonsupport and Desertion">
  <level label="a">
    <text>A recognizance ordered by the court under § 10-202 or § 10-204 of this subtitle shall be:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>in an amount that the court directs; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>on the conditions that:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>if the individual is summoned to appear by the court within the 3-year probationary period, the individual shall appear; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>the individual shall pay support as ordered by the court.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>During the 3-year probationary period, if an individual fails to pay support under the court’s order, the court may proceed to try or sentence the individual.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>The court may order that a forfeited recognizance be paid wholly or partly as provided in § 10-202(c) or § 10-204(c) of this subtitle, as appropriate.</text>
  </level>
</section>
