MARVIN MANDEL, Governor                                 127

respect to custody, guardianship,
maintenance, and support is allocated to
Title 6 as non—jurisdictional.

In subsection (a) the term "original" is
proposed for deletion as misleading. Other
statutes granting similar jurisdiction are:
Art. 26, §70-2 (c) which confers concurrent
jurisdiction in paternity proceedings to a
juvenile court. This provision also
appears in a revised form in §3—807 of the
Courts Article; Art. 26, §2(b) which
confers jurisdiction to a juvenile court to
determine the custody of a child or appoint
a guardian of the person of a child. This
provision also appears in a revised form in
§3-806 of the Courts Article; and Art. 26,
§76 which confers jurisdiction to the
District Court for Montgomery County
sitting as a juvenile court to determine
the custody of a child and the child's
support. This provision presently appears
in a revised form in §4-504.

The term "child" is substituted for
"legitimate and illegitimate children".
Art. 1, §16 defines "child" as including
both legitimates and illegitimates.

The term "set aside" is substituted for
"annul". The term "annul" is archaic and
rarely used in practice. In addition.
Rules use the term "set aside".

Subsection (b) contains the last provision
of §66 (a). This provision is modified to
make it clear that this section does not
impair criminal jurisdiction. The
reference to a juvenile court is also
included because this court has exclusive
original jurisdiction over a dependant or
delinquent child. See §3—804.

SEC. 3-603. DIVORCE AND ANNULMENT.
(A) IN GENERAL.

A COURT OF EQUITY HAS JURISDICTION IN AN ACTION
FOR DIVORCE, ALIMONY, OR ANNULMENT OF MARRIAGE. THE
COURT SHALL HEAR AND DETERMINE A CASE OF ALIMONY IN AS
FULL AND AMPLE MANNER AS SUCH CASE COULD BE HEARD AND