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LAWS OF MARYLAND

Ch. 446

Article - Courts and Judicial Proceedings

Section 3-808

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1980 Replacement Volume and 1983 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:

Article - Courts and Judicial Proceedings

3-808.

(A) EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN SUBSECTIONS (B) AND (C) OF THIS
SECTION, A PETITION UNDER THIS SUBTITLE SHALL BE FILED IN THE

POLITICAL SUBDIVISION WHERE THE CHILD RESIDES.

(A) IF A PETITION ALLEGES THAT A CHILD IS IN NEED OF
ASSISTANCE OR IN NEED OF SUPERVISION, THE PETITION SHALL BE FILED
IN THE COUNTY WHERE THE CHILD RESIDES.

[(a)] (B) If delinquency or violation of § 3-831 is alleged
or if a citation is issued, the petition, if any, or the citation
shall be filed in the county where the alleged act occurred
subject to transfer as provided in § 3-809.

[(b)] (C) If the alleged delinquent act is escape or
attempted escape from a training school or similar facility
operated by the Juvenile Services Administration, the petition,
if any, shall be filed and the adjudicatory hearing held in the
county where the alleged escape or attempted escape occurred
unless the court in the county of the child's domicile requests a
transfer. For purposes of the disposition hearing, proceedings
may be transferred as provided in § 3-809 to the court exercising
jurisdiction over the child at the time of the alleged act.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall
take effect July 1, 1984.

Approved May 15, 1984.

CHAPTER 447

(House Bill 849)

AN ACT concerning

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