# Family Law (GFL)

## Title 10. Support in General

### Subtitle 3. Maryland Uniform Interstate Family Support Act

#### Section 10-313

(a) Except as otherwise provided in this subtitle, Part III of this subtitle applies to all proceedings under this subtitle.

(b) An individual or a support enforcement agency may initiate a proceeding authorized under this subtitle by filing a complaint in an initiating tribunal for forwarding to a responding tribunal or by filing a complaint or a comparable pleading directly in a tribunal of another state or foreign country which has or can obtain personal jurisdiction over the defendant.

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Md. Code Ann., Fam. Law (as displayed at mgaleg.maryland.gov, October 16, 2026)