PARRIS N. GLENDENING, Governor
CHAPTER 404
(House Bill 233)

Ch. 404

AN ACT concerning

Family Law—Domestic Violence Dating Relationship
Courts and Judicial Proceedings - Peace Orders

FOR the purpose of providing that certain persons in a dating relationship are eligible
for relief through a civil protective order and may file a petition for relief from
abuse; defining a certain term; and generally relating to domestic violence.
authorizing an individual to seek certain relief by filing with the court a petition
that alleges the commission of any of certain acts against the individual by a
respondent; requiring a petition to be under oath and specifying the contents of
the petition; authorizing the address of a petitioner to be stricken or omitted
from certain documents under certain circumstances; establishing a criminal
penalty for knowingly providing false information in a petition; authorizing the
court to issue a temporary peace order to protect a petitioner under certain
circumstances; specifying the forms of relief in a temporary peace order;
providing for the service of a temporary peace order; establishing the duration of
a temporary peace order; authorizing a court to extend a temporary peace order
under certain circumstances; granting a respondent an opportunity to be heard
on the question of whether the court should issue a peace order; specifying the
information that a temporary peace order must contain; requiring a peace order
hearing to be held within a certain period of time, except under certain
circumstances; authorizing the court to issue a peace order to protect the
petitioner under certain circumstances; authorizing the court to issue mutual
peace orders under certain circumstances; specifying the forms of relief in a
peace order; providing for the service of a peace order; establishing the duration
of a peace order; providing for the modification and rescission of a peace order;
establishing certain appeal procedures; requiring a temporary peace order and
peace order to state certain consequences of a violation; establishing a criminal
penalty for a violation of certain provisions of a temporary peace order or peace
order; requiring a law enforcement officer to make a certain arrest for a
violation of a temporary peace order or peace order under certain circumstances;
establishing that a petitioner is not limited to or precluded from pursuing other
legal remedies except under certain circumstances; providing for the application
of certain provisions of this Act; authorizing the Court of Appeals to adopt
certain rules and forms; requiring the Court of Appeals to adopt a certain form
and provide certain notice in the form; expanding the exclusive original civil
jurisdiction of the District Court; defining certain terms; and generally relating
to temporary peace orders and peace orders.

BY adding to

Article - Courts and Judicial Proceedings

Section 3-1501 through 3-1509, inclusive, to be under the new subtitle "Subtitle
15. Peace Orders"