# Family Law (GFL)

## Title 5. Children

### Subtitle 2. Parent and Child

#### Section 5-205

One parent, to the exclusion of the other parent, is entitled to the services and earnings of a minor child if:

(1) that parent has been awarded custody of the child; or

(2) the other parent has abandoned the child or is dead.

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Md. Code Ann., Fam. Law (as displayed at mgaleg.maryland.gov, October 16, 2026)