Power of court to enforce or modify provisions

1. Law
2. Maryland Code
3. Family Law
4. Deeds, Agreements, and Settlements Between Spouses; Property Disposition in Divorce and Annulment
5. Deeds, Agreements, and Settlements Between Spouses
6. Power of court to enforce or modify provisions

    (a)    (1)    The court may enforce by power of contempt the provisions of a deed, agreement, or settlement that are merged into a divorce decree.

        (2)    The court may enforce by power of contempt or as an independent contract not superseded by the divorce decree the provisions of a deed, agreement, or settlement that contain language that the deed, agreement, or settlement is incorporated but not merged into a divorce decree.

    (b)    The court may modify any provision of a deed, agreement, or settlement that is:

        (1)    incorporated, whether or not merged, into a divorce decree; and

        (2)    subject to modification under § 8-103 of this subtitle.

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