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MARVIN MANDEL, Governor 3103
COUNSEL, THE COURT SHALL APPOINT COUNSEL. WHERE THE
PERSON IS INDIGENT, THE STATE SHALL PAY REASONABLE
ATTORNEY'S FEES.
(3) THE PERSON MAY PRESENT EVIDENCE AND
CROSS-EXAMINE WITNESSES. THIS HEARING SHALL BE HELD NO
EARLIER THAN 24-HOURS AFTER THE NOTICE REQUIRED IN
SUBSECTION (E) ABOVE HAS BEEN GIVEN, UNLESS SUCH NOTICE
HAS BEEN WAIVED BY THE COURT.
(G) THE COURT SHALL ISSUE FOR THE RECORD A
STATEMENT OF ITS FINDINGS IN SUPPORT OF ANY ORDER FOR
EMERGENCY PROTECTIVE SERVICES.
(H) THE PERSON, THE TEMPORARY GUARDIAN, OR ANY
INTERESTED PERSON MAY PETITION THE COURT TO HAVE THE
EMERGENCY ORDER SET ASIDE OR MODIFIED AT ANY TIME,
NOTWITHSTANDING ANY PRIOR FINDINGS BY THE COURT THAT THE
PERSON IS DISABLED.
(I) WHERE PROTECTIVE SERVICES ARE RENDERED ON THE
BASIS OF AN EMERGENCY ORDER, THE TEMPORARY GUARDIAN SHALL
SUBMIT A REPORT DESCRIBING THE CIRCUMSTANCES INCLUDING
THE NAME, PLACE, DATE, AND NATURE OF THE SERVICES, AND
THE USE OF FORCIBLE ENTRY, IF ANY, TO THE COURT AND THE
DIRECTOR. THIS REPORT SHALL BECOME PART OF THE COURT
RECORD.
(J) THE PERSON OR THE GUARDIAN OF THE PERSON MAY
APPEAL ANY FINDINGS OF A COURT UNDER § 13-709(B) OF THIS
SUBTITLE. SUCH APPEAL SHALL BE HANDLED ON AN EXPEDITED
BASIS BY THE APPELLATE COURT.
13-710.
ANY PERSON FILING A PETITION, PARTICIPATING IN THE
MAKING OF A GOOD-FAITH REPORT, PARTICIPATING IN AN
INVESTIGATION OR IN A JUDICIAL PROCEEDING RESULTING
THEREFROM, PURSUANT TO SECTION 13-705, SECTION 13-709 OR
SECTION 104, ARTICLE 88A, SHALL IN SO DOING BE IMMUNE
FROM ANY CIVIL LIABILITY OR CRIMINAL PENALTY THAT MIGHT
OTHERWISE BE INCURRED OR IMPOSED AS A RESULT THEREOF.
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SECTION 6. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That new
Sections 101 through 105, inclusive, be and they are
hereby added to Article 88A - Social Services
Administration, of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1969
Replacement Volume and 1976 Supplement) to read as
follows:
Article 88A - Social Services Administration
101.
(A) IN THIS SUBTITLE THE FOLLOWING WORDS HAVE THE
MEANINGS INDICATED.
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