<section article="gfl" article_name="Family Law" number="13-101" title_number="13" title_name="Support of Parents and Adult Children" subtitle_number="1"> <text>In this title, “destitute adult child” means an adult child who:</text> <level label="1"> <text>has no means of subsistence; and</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>cannot be self–supporting, due to mental or physical infirmity.</text> </level> </section> <section article="gfl" article_name="Family Law" number="13-102" title_number="13" title_name="Support of Parents and Adult Children" subtitle_number="1"> <level label="a"> <text>If a destitute adult child is in this State and has a parent who has or is able to earn sufficient means, the parent may not neglect or refuse to provide the destitute adult child with food, shelter, care, and clothing.</text> </level> <level label="b"> <text>A person who violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction is subject to a fine not exceeding $1,000 or imprisonment not exceeding 1 year, or both.</text> </level> </section> <section article="gfl" article_name="Family Law" number="13-103" title_number="13" title_name="Support of Parents and Adult Children" subtitle_number="1"> <level label="a"> <text>A complaint under this section shall be made under oath in writing to a State’s Attorney.</text> </level> <level label="b"> <text>An individual may make a complaint that states that:</text> <level label="1"> <text>the individual is a destitute adult child;</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>a parent of the destitute adult child has or is able to earn means sufficient to provide the destitute adult child with necessary food, shelter, care, and clothing; and</text> </level> <level label="3"> <text>the parent has neglected or refused to provide the destitute adult child with necessary food, shelter, care, and clothing.</text> </level> </level> </section> <section article="gfl" article_name="Family Law" number="13-104" title_number="13" title_name="Support of Parents and Adult Children" subtitle_number="1"> <level label="a"> <text>After a complaint is filed under § 13-103 of this title and before an information is prepared, the State’s Attorney may hold a pretrial inquiry.</text> </level> <level label="b"> <text>In connection with any pretrial inquiry under this section, the State’s Attorney may:</text> <level label="1"> <text>issue a summons that requires a person other than the accused individual to appear, to testify, and to produce documents connected to the inquiry;</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>administer oaths;</text> </level> <level label="3"> <text>examine witnesses; and</text> </level> <level label="4"> <text>receive evidence.</text> </level> </level> <level label="c"> <level label="1"> <text>If a person fails to obey a summons, or fails to testify or comply with the requests of the State’s Attorney, the State’s Attorney may ask the circuit court for the county to order the person:</text> <level label="i"> <text>to obey the summons;</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>to testify; or</text> </level> <level label="iii"> <text>to produce any document that the court considers necessary for the inquiry.</text> </level> </level> <level label="2"> <text>If a person fails or refuses to obey the order of court after the order has been served, the person is in contempt of court and the court may punish the person for the contempt.</text> </level> <level label="3"> <text>A finding of contempt under this subsection is subject to appeal.</text> </level> </level> </section> <section article="gfl" article_name="Family Law" number="13-105" title_number="13" title_name="Support of Parents and Adult Children" subtitle_number="1"> <text>Before the State’s Attorney conducts an inquiry under § 13-104 of this title, the State’s Attorney shall notify the accused individual in writing of:</text> <level label="1"> <text>the time and place of the inquiry;</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>the accused individual’s right to appear at the inquiry and to produce evidence or information that relates to the matters examined; and</text> </level> <level label="3"> <text>the accused individual’s right to testify if the individual:</text> <level label="i"> <text>notifies the State’s Attorney of the individual’s desire to testify; and</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>signs a waiver that permits the individual’s testimony to be used against the individual in any later trial that arises from the complaint.</text> </level> </level> </section> <section article="gfl" article_name="Family Law" number="13-106" title_number="13" title_name="Support of Parents and Adult Children" subtitle_number="1"> <level label="a"> <text>The State’s Attorney may file an information that charges the accused individual with nonsupport of the individual’s destitute adult child, based on the complaint.</text> </level> <level label="b"> <text>After filing an information, the State’s Attorney may seek to obtain the consent of the accused individual to the entry of a court order under § 13–107 of this title.</text> </level> </section> <section article="gfl" article_name="Family Law" number="13-107" title_number="13" title_name="Support of Parents and Adult Children" subtitle_number="1"> <level label="a"> <text>With the written consent of the accused individual before charging or trial, or on conviction of the individual under this subtitle, the court shall order the individual:</text> <level label="1"> <text>to pay support:</text> <level label="i"> <text>to the individual’s destitute adult child; or</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>if the destitute adult child is a public charge to the agency that is authorized by law to receive these payments; and</text> </level> </level> <level label="2"> <text>to give a bond with securities to this State, conditioned on compliance with the court’s order and any modification of the order.</text> </level> </level> <level label="b"> <text>In determining the amount of support, the court shall consider the financial circumstances of the individual.</text> </level> <level label="c"> <text>The individual shall pay the support until the destitute adult child has other means of adequate support or dies.</text> </level> <level label="d"> <text>The court may modify the order.</text> </level> </section> <section article="gfl" article_name="Family Law" number="13-108" title_number="13" title_name="Support of Parents and Adult Children" subtitle_number="1"> <level label="a"> <text>An individual who fails to give bond after being ordered to give bond under § 13–107 of this title is subject to imprisonment until bond is given, not exceeding 1 year.</text> </level> <level label="b"> <text>In consideration of the financial circumstances of the accused individual, and on the individual’s entering into a recognizance, the court may:</text> <level label="1"> <text>suspend imposition of the sentence for failure to give bond; and</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>place the individual on probation for the period that the individual is required to pay support.</text> </level> </level> <level label="c"> <text>The recognizance ordered by the court shall be:</text> <level label="1"> <text>in the amount that the court directs, with or without security; and</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>on the conditions that:</text> <level label="i"> <text>if the individual is summoned to appear before the court, the individual shall appear; and</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>the individual shall pay support as ordered by the court.</text> </level> </level> </level> <level label="d"> <text>If an individual fails to pay support under the court’s order, the court may revoke the probation and impose the sentence for failure to give bond.</text> </level> <level label="e"> <text>The court may order that any forfeited recognizance be paid:</text> <level label="1"> <text>to the individual’s destitute adult child; or</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>if the individual’s destitute adult child is a public charge, to the agency that is authorized by law to receive the forfeited recognizance.</text> </level> </level> </section> <section article="gfl" article_name="Family Law" number="13-109" title_number="13" title_name="Support of Parents and Adult Children" subtitle_number="1"> <text>The court shall release an individual who is ordered to pay support under this subtitle and any sureties of that individual from the terms of any court order, bond, or recognizance under this subtitle if:</text> <level label="1"> <text>the individual or the individual’s destitute adult child dies;</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>the individual’s destitute adult child becomes self–supporting; or</text> </level> <level label="3"> <text>the individual becomes unable to earn or loses possession of means sufficient to provide for the individual’s destitute adult child.</text> </level> </section>