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<section article="gfl" article_name="Family Law" number="9.5-310" title_number="9.5" title_name="Maryland Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act" subtitle_number="3" subtitle_name="Enforcement">
  <level label="a">
    <text>Unless the court issues a temporary emergency order in accordance with § 9.5-204 of this title, on a finding that a petitioner is entitled to immediate physical custody of the child, the court shall order that the petitioner may take immediate physical custody of the child unless the respondent establishes that:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>the child custody determination has not been registered and confirmed under § 9.5-305 of this subtitle and that:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>the issuing court did not have jurisdiction under Subtitle 2 of this title;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>the child custody determination for which enforcement is sought has been vacated, stayed, or modified by a court of a state having jurisdiction to do so under Subtitle 2 of this title; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>the respondent was entitled to notice, but notice was not given in accordance with the standards of § 9.5-107 of this title, in the proceedings before the court that issued the order for which enforcement is sought; or</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>the child custody determination for which enforcement is sought was registered and confirmed under § 9.5-305 of this subtitle but has been vacated, stayed, or modified by a court of a state having jurisdiction to do so under Subtitle 2 of this title.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>The court shall award the fees, costs, and expenses authorized under § 9.5-312 of this subtitle and may grant additional relief, including a request for the assistance of law enforcement officials, and set a further hearing to determine whether additional relief is appropriate.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>If a party called to testify refuses to answer on the ground that the testimony may be self-incriminating, the court may draw an adverse inference from the refusal.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>A privilege against disclosure of communications between spouses and a defense of immunity based on the relationship of husband and wife or parent and child may not be invoked in a proceeding under this subtitle.</text>
  </level>
</section>
