Md. Code Ann., Fam. Law § 10-304
Bases for jurisdiction over nonresident
Effective Jul 1, 2015Added by Acts 1997, c. 609, § 1, eff. July 1, 1997. Amended by Acts 2008, c. 522, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2008; Acts 2010, c. 72, § 1, eff. April 13, 2010; Acts 2010, c. 122, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2010; Acts 2015, c. 308, § 2, eff. July 1, 2015.State of Maryland
(a) In a proceeding to establish or enforce a support order or to determine parentage of a child, a tribunal of this State may exercise personal jurisdiction over a nonresident individual or the individual's guardian or conservator if:
- (1) the individual is personally served within this State;
- (2) the individual submits to the jurisdiction of this State by consent in a record, by entering a general appearance, or by filing a responsive document having the effect of waiving any contest to personal jurisdiction;
- (3) the individual resided with the child in this State;
- (4) the individual resided in this State and provided prenatal expenses or support for the child;
- (5) the child resides in this State as a result of the acts or directives of the individual;
- (6) the individual engaged in sexual intercourse in this State and the child may have been conceived by that act of intercourse; or
- (7) there is any other basis consistent with the constitutions of this State and the United States for the exercise of personal jurisdiction.
- (b) The bases of personal jurisdiction set forth in subsection (a) of this section or in any other law of this State may not be used to acquire personal jurisdiction for a tribunal of this State to modify a child support order of another state unless the requirements of § 10-350 of this subtitle are met, or, in the case of a foreign support order, unless the requirements of § 10-353.1 of this subtitle are met.
Added by Acts 1997, c. 609, § 1, eff. July 1, 1997. Amended by Acts 2008, c. 522, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2008; Acts 2010, c. 72, § 1, eff. April 13, 2010; Acts 2010, c. 122, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2010; Acts 2015, c. 308, § 2, eff. July 1, 2015.