MARVIN MANDEL, Governor                                1221

(3) IN ANY CIVIL PROCEEDING NOT CONDUCTED
UNDER THIS SUBTITLE EXCEPT PROCEEDINGS UNDER ARTICLE 31B.

3-8 28.

(c) The court, on its own motion or on petition,
and for good cause shown, may order the court records of
a child sealed, and, upon petition or on its own motion,
shall order them sealed after the child has reached 21

years of age. [After a child has reached 21 years of

age, the court may, upon petition or on its own motion,
expunge records of the child in a case in which an

adjudication of the child as delinquent, in need of

supervision or in need of assistance has not been made.

If sealed, the court records of a child may not be

opened, for any purpose, except by order of the court

upon good cause shown.]IF SEALED, THE COURT RECORDS OF A
CHILD MAY NOT BE OPENED, FOR ANY PURPOSE, EXCEPT BY ORDER
OF THE COURT UPON GOOD CAUSE SHOWN.

3-829.

(c) A judgment of restitution against a parent may
not be entered unless the parent has been afforded a
reasonable opportunity to be heard and to present
appropriate evidence in his behalf. A hearing under this
section may be held as part of [a] AN ADJUDICATORY, OR
disposition hearing for the child.

(e) The court may order the child who, wilfully or
maliciously, steals, damages, or destroys the property of
another or inflicts personal injury on another to make
the restitution expenses himself if that is feasible
considering the age and circumstances of the child; and
[it] IF this is ordered, the liability of the child
precedes the liability of the parent. The court may, in
the alternative, enter a judgment [or] OF restitution
against the child.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That new
Sections 3-811(d) and 3-828 (d) be and they are hereby
added to Article - Courts and Judicial Proceedings, of
the Annotated Code of Maryland (1974 Volume and 1975
Supplement) to read as follows:

Article — Courts and Judicial Proceedings

3-811.

(D) IF JURISDICTION IS NOT WAIVED, ANY STATEMENT
MADE BY A CHILD, HIS PARENTS, GUARDIAN, OR CUSTODIAN AT A
WAIVER HEARING MAY NOT BE ADMITTED IN EVIDENCE IN ANY
ADJUDICATORY HEAPING UNLESS A DELINQUENT OFFENSE OF
PERJURY IS ALLEGED, AND THE STATEMENT IS RELEVANT TO THAT
CHARGE AND IS OTHERWISE ADMISSIBLE.