WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor                         S.B. 332

(B) THE CHIEF ADMINISTRATIVE CLERK IN EACH DISTRICT IS RESPONSIBLE
TO THE CHIEF CLERK OF THE FAMILY COURT AND THE ADMINISTRATIVE JUDGE OF
THE DISTRICT FOR THE MAINTENANCE AND OPERATION OF THE CLERICAL STAFF
AND WORK WITHIN THE DISTRICT, INCLUDING DOCKETS, RECORDS, AND ALL
NECESSARY PAPERS.

3-801.

(a)     In this subtitle, the following words have the meanings indicated, unless the
context of their use indicates otherwise.

(i) "Court" means the [circuit court of a county or Baltimore City sitting as the
juvenile court. In Montgomery County, it means the District Court sitting as the juvenile
court] FAMILY COURT.

[3-803.

(a) In Baltimore City, Prince George's County and in any county in which the case
load requires it, one or more judges shall be assigned specially to handle cases arising
under this subtitle. The assignment shall be made by the administrative judge of the
circuit, subject to the approval of the Chief Judge of the Court of Appeals, except that in
Montgomery County, the assignment shall be made by the Chief Judge of the District
Court, subject to the approval of the Chief Judge of the Court of Appeals. The judges so
assigned are not subject to an automatic regular rotation.

(b)     To the extent feasible, the judges assigned to hear juvenile causes shall be
those who

(1) Desire to be so assigned;

(2) Have the temperament necessary to deal properly with the cases and
children likely to come before the court; and

(3) Have special experience or training in juvenile causes and the problems
of children likely to come before the court.]

[3-813.

(a) (1) The judges of a circuit court may not appoint a master for juvenile
causes unless the appointment and the appointee are approved by the Chief Judge of the
Court of Appeals. The standards expressed in § 3-803, with respect to the assignment of
judges, are applicable to the appointment of masters. A master, at the time of his
appointment and thereafter during his service as a master, shall be a member in good
standing of the Maryland Bar.

(2) (i) In Prince George's County, the judges of the Circuit Court may not
appoint or continue the appointment of masters for juvenile causes, except for the
purpose of conducting probable cause hearings, detention hearings, arraignments,
acceptances of admissions, and restitution hearings in delinquency cases, and shelter care,
adjudicatory, and disposition hearings in child in need of assistance cases.

(ii) A master in Prince George's County may not conduct:

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