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<section article="gfl" article_name="Family Law" number="10-346" title_number="10" title_name="Support in General" subtitle_number="3" subtitle_name="Maryland Uniform Interstate Family Support Act">
  <level label="a">
    <text>A party contesting the validity or enforcement of a registered support order or seeking to vacate the registration has the burden of proving one or more of the following defenses:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>the issuing tribunal lacked personal jurisdiction over the contesting party;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>the order was obtained by fraud;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>the order has been vacated, suspended, or modified by a later order;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>the issuing tribunal has stayed the order pending appeal;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>there is a defense under the law of this State to the remedy sought;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="6">
      <text>full or partial payment has been made;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="7">
      <text>the statute of limitation under § 10–343 of this subtitle precludes enforcement of some or all of the alleged arrearages; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="8">
      <text>the alleged controlling order is not the controlling order.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>If a party presents evidence establishing a full or partial defense under subsection (a) of this section, a tribunal may stay enforcement of a registered support order, continue the proceeding to permit production of additional relevant evidence, and issue other appropriate orders. An uncontested portion of the registered support order may be enforced by all remedies available under the law of this State.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>If the contesting party does not establish a defense under subsection (a) of this section to the validity or enforcement of a registered support order, the registering tribunal shall issue an order confirming the order.</text>
  </level>
</section>
