{"data":{"id":"us-md/md.-code-family-law-10-357","jurisdiction":"us-md","citation":"Md. Code, Family Law § 10–357","heading":"","body":"(a) In a support proceeding under this part, the Child Support Administration of this State shall:\n(1) transmit and receive applications; and\n(2) initiate or facilitate the institution of a proceeding regarding an application in a tribunal of this State.\n(b) The following support proceedings are available to an obligee under the Convention:\n(1) recognition or recognition and enforcement of a foreign support order;\n(2) enforcement of a support order issued or recognized in this State;\n(3) establishment of a support order if there is no existing order, including, if necessary, determination of parentage of a child;\n(4) establishment of a support order if recognition of a foreign support order is refused under § 10–361(b)(2), (4), or (9) of this subtitle;\n(5) modification of a support order of a tribunal of this State; and\n(6) modification of a support order of a tribunal of another state or a foreign country.\n(c) The following support proceedings are available under the Convention to an obligor against which there is an existing support order:\n(1) recognition of an order suspending or limiting enforcement of an existing support order of a tribunal of this State;\n(2) modification of a support order of a tribunal of this State; and\n(3) modification of a support order of a tribunal of another state or a foreign country.\n(d) A tribunal of this State may not require security, bond, or deposit, however described, to guarantee the payment of costs and expenses in proceedings under the Convention.","path":["Article - Family Law"],"source_url":"https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Laws/StatuteText?article=gfl\u0026section=10-357","current_through":"2026-01-01","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T19:58:17Z","sha256":"1d4cef83b2cdf0f0f10ed81292315bb0ca4543f085672d9e93e95000029d5229","source_id":"us-md","stale":false,"prev":"us-md/md.-code-family-law-10-356","next":"us-md/md.-code-family-law-10-358"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}