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AN ACT concerning Family Law - Custody and Visitation - Notice of Intent to Travel (Maryland Child Abduction Prevention Act) FOR the purpose of authorizing a court in a custody or visitation proceeding to require a party to provide certain notice of the intent to travel internationally with a child; authorizing a court to order child abduction prevention measures in certain child custody proceedings; authorizing certain parties to petition the court for child abduction prevention measures; authorizing certain custody settlements to be amended to permit international travel in limited circumstances; requiring a traveling parent to disclose certain information to a nontraveling parent at the request of the nontraveling parent under certain circumstances; applying this Act retroactively establishing requirements for a petition under this Act; providing factors for determining whether a credible risk of child abduction exists; establishing requirements for an abduction prevention order; authorizing a court to issue a warrant for physical custody of a child; and generally relating to child abduction and the Maryland Child Abduction Prevention Act. BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments, Article - Family Law Section 9-106 Annotated Code of Maryland (2019 Replacement Volume and 2022 Supplement) BY repealing and reenacting, without amendments, Article - Family Law Section 9.5-101(a), (d), (e), and (g) Annotated Code of Maryland (2019 Replacement Volume and 2022 Supplement) BY adding to Article - Family Law Section 9.7-101 through 9.7-108 9.7-111 to be under the new title “Title 9.7. Maryland Child Abduction Prevention Act” Annotated Code of Maryland (2019 Replacement Volume and 2022 Supplement)

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Sandy Bartlett (D)*,  Jon Cardin (D),  Frank Conaway (D),  Aaron Kaufman (D),  Scott Phillips (D),  Karen Simpson (D),  Kym Taylor (D),  Nicole Williams (D), 

Approved by the Governor - Chapter 761 (on 05/16/2023)

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