Md. Code, Family Law § 5-1006
This is the official text of Md. Code, Family Law § 5-1006, part of Maryland’s Code, Family Law — governs marriage, divorce, child custody and support, and adoption.
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§5–1006.
Official statutory text
(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.
(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.
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