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<section article="gfl" article_name="Family Law" number="10-364" title_number="10" title_name="Support in General" subtitle_number="3" subtitle_name="Maryland Uniform Interstate Family Support Act">
  <level label="a">
    <text>A tribunal of this State may not modify a Convention child support order if the obligee remains a resident of the foreign country where the support order was issued unless:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>the obligee submits to the jurisdiction of a tribunal of this State, either expressly or by defending on the merits of the case without objecting to the jurisdiction at the first available opportunity; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>the foreign tribunal lacks or refuses to exercise jurisdiction to modify its support order or issue a new support order.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>If a tribunal of this State does not modify a Convention child support order because the order is not recognized in this State, § 10–361(c) of this subtitle applies.</text>
  </level>
</section>
