Section 10-101 - Definitions.
§ 10-101. Definitions.
(a) In general.- In this title the following words have the meanings indicated.
(b) Administration.- "Administration" means the Child Support Enforcement Administration of the Department of Human Resources.
(c) Earnings.- "Earnings" includes:
(1) any form of periodic payment to an individual, including:
(i) an annuity;
(ii) a pension;
(iii) Social Security payments;
(iv) workers' compensation payments; and
(v) unemployment insurance benefits; and
(2) any commissions or fees paid in connection with the obligor's employment.
(d) Employer.-
(1) "Employer" means any person who is paying earnings to an obligor.
(2) "Employer" includes a governmental entity.
(e) Local support enforcement office.- "Local support enforcement office" means 1 of the following that is responsible for support enforcement:
(1) a county agency; or
(2) a component of the circuit court for a county.
(f) Obligee.-
(1) "Obligee" means any person who is entitled to receive support.
(2) "Obligee" includes a state.
(g) Obligor.- "Obligor" means an individual who is required to pay support under a court order.
(h) Support.- "Support" includes:
(1) child support;
(2) spousal support;
(3) support of destitute adult children; and
(4) support of destitute parents.
(i) Support enforcement agency.- "Support enforcement agency" means 1 of the following that receives support payments under a court order:
(1) the Administration; or
(2) a local support enforcement office.
[An. Code 1957, art. 16, § 5B; 1984, ch. 296, § 2; 1987, ch. 155; 1988, ch. 6, § 1; 1991, ch. 21, § 3; 1995, ch. 491, § 2; 1996, ch. 351, § 4; 1997, ch. 609, § 1.]