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<section article="gfl" article_name="Family Law" number="10-341" title_number="10" title_name="Support in General" subtitle_number="3" subtitle_name="Maryland Uniform Interstate Family Support Act">
  <level label="a">
    <text>Except as otherwise provided in § 10–359 of this subtitle, a support order or income withholding order of another state or a foreign support order may be registered in this State by sending the following records to the appropriate tribunal in this State:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>a letter of transmittal to the tribunal requesting registration and enforcement;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>two copies, including one certified copy, of the order to be registered, including any modification of the order;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>a sworn statement by the person requesting registration or a certified statement by the custodian of the records showing the amount of any arrearage;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>the name of the obligor and, if known:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>the obligor’s address and Social Security number;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>the name and address of the obligor’s employer and any other source of income of the obligor; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>a description and the location of property of the obligor in this State not exempt from execution; and</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>except as provided in § 10–324 of this subtitle, the name and address of the obligee and, if applicable, the person to whom support payments are to be remitted.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>On receipt of a request for registration, the registering tribunal shall cause the order to be filed as an order of a tribunal of another state or a foreign support order, together with one copy of the documents and information, regardless of their form.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>A complaint or comparable pleading seeking a remedy that must be affirmatively sought under other law of this State may be filed at the same time as the request for registration or later. The pleading must specify the grounds for the remedy sought.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>If two or more orders are in effect, the person requesting registration shall:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>furnish to the tribunal a copy of every support order asserted to be in effect in addition to the documents specified in this section;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>specify the order alleged to be the controlling order, if any; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>specify the amount of consolidated arrears, if any.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>A request for a determination of which is the controlling order may be filed separately or with a request for registration and enforcement or for registration and modification.   The person requesting registration shall give notice of the request to each party whose rights may be affected by the determination.</text>
  </level>
</section>
