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<section article="gfl" article_name="Family Law" number="10-359" 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 this part, a party who is an individual or a support enforcement agency seeking recognition of a Convention support order shall register the order in this State as provided in Part VI of this subtitle.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>Notwithstanding §§ 10–323 and 10–341(a) of this subtitle, a request for registration of a Convention support order shall be accompanied by:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>the complete text of the support order;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>a record stating that the support order is enforceable in the issuing country;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>if the respondent did not appear and was not represented in the proceedings in the issuing country, a record attesting, as appropriate, either that the respondent had proper notice of the proceedings and an opportunity to be heard or that the respondent had proper notice of the support order and an opportunity to be heard in a challenge or appeal on fact or law before a tribunal;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>a record showing the amount of arrears, if any, and the date the amount was calculated;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>a record showing a requirement for automatic adjustment of the amount of support, if any, and the information necessary to make the appropriate calculations; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="6">
      <text>if necessary, a record showing the extent to which the applicant received free legal assistance in the issuing country.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>A request for registration of a Convention support order may seek recognition and partial enforcement of the order.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>A tribunal of this State may vacate the registration of a Convention support order without the filing of a contest under § 10–360 of this subtitle only if, acting on its own motion, the tribunal finds that recognition and enforcement of the order would be manifestly incompatible with public policy.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>The tribunal shall promptly notify the parties of the registration or the order vacating the registration of a Convention support order.</text>
  </level>
</section>
