Terms Used In Maryland Code, FAMILY LAW 5-1006

  • Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
  • Dependent: A person dependent for support upon another.
  • state: means :

    (1) a state, possession, territory, or commonwealth of the United States; or

    (2) the District of Columbia. See
(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.