Ch. 496 1997 LAWS OF MARYLAND

VICTIMS OF THE CHIME FOR WHICH THE PRISONER IS INCARCERATED AND THE
RECIPIENT OR RECIPIENTS OF ANY CHILD SUPPORT OBLIGATION FOR WHICH THE
PRISONER IS RESPONSIBLE

5-511. 5-506. 5-507.

NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF LAW, IN A CIVIL ACTION FILED
BY A PRISONER THAT IS AN APPEAL ON THE RECORD, THE COURT IS NOT REQUIRED
TO HOLD A HEARING IF IT DETERMINES THAT A HEARING IS NOT NECESSARY FOR
THE DISPOSITION OF THE MATTER.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall be
construed prospectively to apply only to civil actions filed on or after the effective date of
this Act.

SECTION 2. 3. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect
October 1, 1997.

Approved May 8, 1997.

CHAPTER 496
(House Bill 929)

AN ACT concerning

Montgomery County — District Court — Juvenile Court Jurisdiction

MC 725-97

FOR the purpose of granting the District Court in Montgomery County, sitting as the
juvenile court, exclusive original jurisdiction over termination of parental rights
proceedings and related adoption proceedings involving children in need of
assistance under the jurisdiction of the juvenile court; modifying the jurisdiction of
the equity court in Montgomery County over adoption of certain children;
modifying a certain definition to clarify the rules that the District Court in
Montgomery County should follow under certain circumstances; repealing a
provision that terminated the jurisdiction of a juvenile court in Montgomery County
regarding certain issues under certain circumstances; and generally relating to the
jurisdiction of the District Court in Montgomery County, sitting as the juvenile
court.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article - Courts and Judicial Proceedings
Section 3-801(i) and 3-804(a)
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1995 Replacement Volume and 1996 Supplement)

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

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