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Ch. 404
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2000 LAWS OF MARYLAND
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[(c)] (D) The form of petitions, PEACE ORDER REQUESTS, and all other
pleadings, and except as otherwise provided in this subtitle, the procedures to be
followed by the court, shall be as specified in the Maryland Rules.
[(d)] (E) The State's Attorney, upon assigning the reasons, may dismiss in
open court a petition alleging delinquency.
[(e)] (F) (1) The court shall conduct all hearings in an informal manner.
(2) In any proceeding in which a child is alleged to be in need of
supervision or assistance or to have committed a delinquent act that would be a
misdemeanor if committed by an adult OR IN A PEACE ORDER PROCEEDING, the court
may exclude the general public from a hearing, and admit only the victim and those
persons having a direct interest in the proceeding and their representatives.
(3) Except as provided in paragraph (4) of this subsection, in a case in
which a child is alleged to have committed a delinquent act that would be a felony if
committed by an adult, the court shall conduct in open court any hearing or other
proceeding at which the child has a right to appear.
(4) For good cause shown, the court may exclude the general public from
a hearing or other proceeding in a case in which a child is alleged to have committed
a delinquent act that would be a felony if committed by an adult and admit only the
victim and those persons having a direct interest in the proceeding and their
representatives.
(5) Except as provided in paragraph (6) of this subsection, the court shall
announce, in open court, adjudications and dispositions in cases where a child is
alleged to have committed a delinquent act which would be a felony if committed by
an adult.
(6) For good cause shown, the court may exclude the general public from
a proceeding at which an adjudication or disposition is announced and admit only the
victim and those persons having a direct interest in the proceeding and their
representatives.
[(f)] (G) The court shall try cases without a jury.
[(g)] (H) Whenever a child in need of assistance petition is filed by the local
department of social services, the local department shall be a party to the proceeding
and shall present to the court the evidence in support of the petition.
[(h)] (I) The court shall hear and rule on a petition seeking an order for
emergency medical treatment on an expedited basis.
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 OF THIS SUBTITLE, with
respect to the assignment of judges, are applicable to the appointment of masters. A
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