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<section article="gfl" article_name="Family Law" number="10-357" title_number="10" title_name="Support in General" subtitle_number="3" subtitle_name="Maryland Uniform Interstate Family Support Act">
  <level label="a">
    <text>In a support proceeding under this part, the Child Support Administration of this State shall:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>transmit and receive applications; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>initiate or facilitate the institution of a proceeding regarding an application in a tribunal of this State.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>The following support proceedings are available to an obligee under the Convention:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>recognition or recognition and enforcement of a foreign support order;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>enforcement of a support order issued or recognized in this State;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>establishment of a support order if there is no existing order, including, if necessary, determination of parentage of a child;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>establishment of a support order if recognition of a foreign support order is refused under § 10–361(b)(2), (4), or (9) of this subtitle;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>modification of a support order of a tribunal of this State; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="6">
      <text>modification of a support order of a tribunal of another state or a foreign country.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>The following support proceedings are available under the Convention to an obligor against which there is an existing support order:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>recognition of an order suspending or limiting enforcement of an existing support order of a tribunal of this State;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>modification of a support order of a tribunal of this State; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>modification of a support order of a tribunal of another state or a foreign country.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>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.</text>
  </level>
</section>
