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<section article="gfl" article_name="Family Law" number="11-101" title_number="11" title_name="Alimony" subtitle_number="1">
  <level label="a">
    <text>The court may award alimony:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>on a bill of complaint for alimony; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>as a part of a decree that grants:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>an annulment;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>a limited divorce; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>an absolute divorce.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>The court may award alimony to either party.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>If a final disposition as to alimony has been made in an agreement between the parties, the court is bound by that agreement as the agreement relates to alimony.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>Notwithstanding the provisions of subsections (a), (b), and (c) of this section, the court may not award alimony on a bill of complaint for alimony to the spouse of a resident in a related institution as defined in § 19-301 of the Health - General Article, if the petitioner attempts to satisfy the separation grounds for divorce under §§ 7-102 and 7-103 of this article based on the spouse’s residence in the related institution.</text>
  </level>
</section>
