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<section article="gfl" article_name="Family Law" number="5-1040" title_number="5" title_name="Children" subtitle_number="10" subtitle_name="Paternity Proceedings">
  <level label="a">
    <text>On completion of a paternity proceeding, the court may order the clerk of court:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>to seal all papers in the case; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>not to open any papers in the case, except on order of the court.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>In any further proceeding under § 5-1038 of this subtitle on support payments or custody, the papers in the case, once ordered sealed, shall remain sealed unless the court orders otherwise.</text>
  </level>
</section>
