# Family Law (GFL)

## Title 10. Support in General

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

#### Section 10-357

(a) In a support proceeding under this part, the Child Support Administration of this State shall:

  (1) transmit and receive applications; and

  (2) initiate or facilitate the institution of a proceeding regarding an application in a tribunal of this State.

(b) The following support proceedings are available to an obligee under the Convention:

  (1) recognition or recognition and enforcement of a foreign support order;

  (2) enforcement of a support order issued or recognized in this State;

  (3) establishment of a support order if there is no existing order, including, if necessary, determination of parentage of a child;

  (4) establishment of a support order if recognition of a foreign support order is refused under Sec. 10-361(b)(2), (4), or (9) of this subtitle;

  (5) modification of a support order of a tribunal of this State; and

  (6) modification of a support order of a tribunal of another state or a foreign country.

(c) The following support proceedings are available under the Convention to an obligor against which there is an existing support order:

  (1) recognition of an order suspending or limiting enforcement of an existing support order of a tribunal of this State;

  (2) modification of a support order of a tribunal of this State; and

  (3) modification of a support order of a tribunal of another state or a foreign country.

(d) A tribunal of this State may not require security, bond, or deposit, however described, to guarantee the payment of costs and expenses in proceedings under the Convention.

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