{"data":{"id":"us-md/md.-code-family-law-10-332","jurisdiction":"us-md","citation":"Md. Code, Family Law § 10–332","heading":"","body":"(a) If a support order entitled to recognition under this subtitle has not been issued, a responding tribunal of this State with personal jurisdiction over the parties may issue a support order if:\n(1) the individual seeking the order resides outside this State; or\n(2) the support enforcement agency seeking the order is located outside this State.\n(b) The tribunal may issue a temporary child support order if the tribunal determines that such an order is appropriate and the individual ordered to pay is:\n(1) a presumed father of the child;\n(2) petitioning to have his paternity adjudicated;\n(3) identified as the father of the child through genetic testing;\n(4) an alleged father who has declined to submit to genetic testing;\n(5) shown by clear and convincing evidence to be the father of the child;\n(6) an acknowledged father as provided by § 5–306(a)(6) of this article;\n(7) the mother of the child; or\n(8) an individual who has been ordered to pay child support in a previous proceeding and the order has not been reversed or vacated.\n(c) Upon finding, after notice and opportunity to be heard, that an obligor owes a duty of support, the tribunal shall issue a support order directed to the obligor and may issue other orders pursuant to § 10–317 of this subtitle.","path":["Article - Family Law"],"source_url":"https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Laws/StatuteText?article=gfl\u0026section=10-332","current_through":"2026-01-01","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T19:58:17Z","sha256":"25cc4fffbfef5920a93ac00572fcfb017caab448a12589d41141f8945555b6b1","source_id":"us-md","stale":false,"prev":"us-md/md.-code-family-law-10-331","next":"us-md/md.-code-family-law-10-332.1"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}