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<section article="gfl" article_name="Family Law" number="12-105" title_number="12" title_name="Child Support" subtitle_number="1" subtitle_name="General Provisions">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The Child Support Administration of the Department of Human Services shall maintain a central registry of records of all identifying information that relates to parents who have deserted or who appear to have deserted their children.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The Child Support Administration shall list these parents in the registry whether or not their children are likely to become recipients of public assistance or foster care.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>In accordance with subsections (c) and (d) of this section, to carry out the purposes of this section, the Child Support Administration may receive from any agency of this State, political subdivision of this State, employer, public service company, energy provider, or labor union information and assistance that will enable the Child Support Administration, the local enforcement office, or the State’s Attorney for the county involved:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>to locate an absent parent or a parent who has deserted or appears to have deserted a child;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>to enforce the liability of the parent for the support of a child of the parent; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>to obtain other financial and location information concerning parents and putative fathers needed by the Administration to carry out its responsibilities under State and federal law.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Upon written request by the Child Support Administration, any agency of this State, political subdivision of this State, employer, or labor union shall provide, if available, a person’s:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>Social Security account number;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>date of birth;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>last known residence or mailing address;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>present or last known employer;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="v">
        <text>length of employment;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="vi">
        <text>job classification;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="vii">
        <text>name of person to be notified in case of emergency and the person’s residence;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="viii">
        <text>work hours;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ix">
        <text>amounts of wages or other assets; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="x">
        <text>medical insurance provider.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>As to individuals who were employed within the 3 years preceding a request for information by the Child Support Administration, the State agency, political subdivision, employer, or labor union shall provide whatever information is available.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <level label="i">
        <text>Upon request and a showing of cause by the Child Support Administration, a circuit court may issue an order requiring an employer or labor union to comply with a request for information under this section.</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>If an employer or labor union refuses to provide information from its employee or member files as required by an order by a circuit court issued under this paragraph, the employer or labor union shall be in contempt of court.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <level label="1">
      <text>In accordance with a subpoena issued by the Administration under § 10–108.6 of this article, a public service company or energy provider shall provide, if available:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>a person’s name and address; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>the name and address of the person’s employer.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>If a public service company or energy provider fails to comply with a subpoena issued by the Administration, the Administration shall have available the remedies provided under § 10–108.4 of this article.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>An employer, public service company, energy provider, or labor union that complies with a request from the Administration made under this section is not liable under State law to any person for any:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>disclosure of information to the Administration under this section; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>other action taken in good faith to comply with the requirements of this section.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="f">
    <text>Any record compiled from information provided under this section shall be available only to:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>an authorized representative of this State or of a local department of this State; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>a person who has a statutory right to the records in an official capacity.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
