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S.B. 592
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VETOES
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(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
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:
1. An adjudicatory hearing in delinquency cases, unless the
adjudicatory hearing is limited to the acceptance of an admission; [or]
2. A disposition hearing in delinquency cases; OR
3. A PEACE ORDER PROCEEDING.
3-819.
(A) THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION DO NOT APPLY TO A PEACE ORDER
REQUEST OR A PEACE ORDER PROCEEDING.
[(a)] (B) After a petition or citation has been filed, and unless jurisdiction has
been waived, the court shall hold an adjudicatory hearing.
[(b)] (C) (1) Before a child is adjudicated delinquent, the allegations in the
petition that the child has committed a delinquent act must be proved beyond a
reasonable doubt.
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