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<section article="gfl" article_name="Family Law" number="5-1032" title_number="5" title_name="Children" subtitle_number="10" subtitle_name="Paternity Proceedings">
  <level label="a">
    <text>If the court finds that the alleged father is the father, the court shall pass an order that:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>declares the alleged father to be the father of the child; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>provides for the support of the child.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The father shall pay the sum to be specified in the order until the first to occur of the following events:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>the child becomes an adult;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>the child dies;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>the child marries; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>the child becomes self-supporting.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>If the child is an adult but is destitute and cannot be self-supporting because of a physical or mental infirmity, the court may require the father to continue to pay support during the period of the infirmity.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>Any money that is due for child support under this subtitle and is unpaid at the time the child becomes an adult, dies, marries, or becomes self-supporting is a continuing obligation of any party bound by the order of court until the money is paid.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>The court shall pass an immediate and continuing withholding order on earnings of the father in accordance with Title 10, Subtitle 1, Part III of this article.</text>
  </level>
</section>
