{"data":{"id":"us-md/md.-code-family-law-10-313","jurisdiction":"us-md","citation":"Md. Code, Family Law § 10–313","heading":"","body":"(a) Except as otherwise provided in this subtitle, Part III of this subtitle applies to all proceedings under this subtitle.\n(b) An individual or a support enforcement agency may initiate a proceeding authorized under this subtitle by filing a complaint in an initiating tribunal for forwarding to a responding tribunal or by filing a complaint or a comparable pleading directly in a tribunal of another state or foreign country which has or can obtain personal jurisdiction over the defendant.","path":["Article - Family Law"],"source_url":"https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Laws/StatuteText?article=gfl\u0026section=10-313","current_through":"2026-01-01","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T19:58:17Z","sha256":"b830037c94914f6e0a5395d2afc815907874dcb3159b6dad38b3649f7c5598ba","source_id":"us-md","stale":false,"prev":"us-md/md.-code-family-law-10-312.2","next":"us-md/md.-code-family-law-10-314"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}