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In Maryland, if child support is not
paid, one can seek to establish or enforce the obligation by filing an
action in the Circuit Court or with the Maryland Child Support
Enforcement Agency –
www.dhr.sailorsite.net/csea.
Once a child support Order is entered, the recipient parent is entitled
to receive child support by Earnings Withholding Order (an order
directing the obligor’s employer to deduct child support from the
obligor’s earnings).
Support orders may also be enforced across state lines under the
Maryland Uniform Interstate Family Support Act (UIFSA). This Act allows
the recipient parent to file for child support in Maryland and collect
support from a non-resident obligor.
When child support arrearages accumulate, the Maryland Child Support
Enforcement Agency has certain administrative remedies to collect
arrearages, including notifying authorities to intercept the obligor’s
tax refund or suspend the obligor’s driver’s license or U.S. passport.
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