Md. Code Ann., Fam. Law § 5-1006
Limitations
Effective Oct 1, 2007Added by Acts 1984, c. 296, § 2, eff. Oct. 1, 1984. Amended by Acts 1985, c. 451, § 1, eff. July 1, 1985; Acts 1995, c. 248, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 1995; Acts 1996, c. 10, § 1, eff. April 9, 1996; Acts 2007, c. 242, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2007.State of Maryland
- (a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (d) of this section, a proceeding to establish paternity of a child under this subtitle may be begun at any time before the child's eighteenth birthday.
- (b) A paternity proceeding under this subtitle may be begun during pregnancy.
- (c) A complaint under this subtitle is not barred because the child born out of wedlock was conceived or born outside this State.
- (d) A proceeding to establish paternity of a child who is dependent on a parent because of a mental or physical infirmity may be begun at any time before the child's twenty-first birthday.
Added by Acts 1984, c. 296, § 2, eff. Oct. 1, 1984. Amended by Acts 1985, c. 451, § 1, eff. July 1, 1985; Acts 1995, c. 248, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 1995; Acts 1996, c. 10, § 1, eff. April 9, 1996; Acts 2007, c. 242, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2007.
Formerly Art. 16, § 66.