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PARRIS N. GLENDENING, Governor
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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.
(2) Before a child is found to have committed the violation charged in a
citation, the allegations in the citation must be proved beyond a reasonable doubt.
[(c)] (D) If an adult is charged under this subtitle, the allegations must be
proved beyond a reasonable doubt.
[(d)] (E) In all other cases the allegations must be proved by a preponderance
of the evidence.
3-820.
(A) THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION DO NOT APPLY TO A PEACE ORDER
REQUEST OR PEACE ORDER PROCEEDING.
[(a)] (B) (1) After an adjudicatory hearing the court shall hold a separate
disposition hearing, unless the petition or citation is dismissed or unless such hearing
is waived in writing by all of the parties.
(2) Except as provided in paragraph (3) of this subsection, the disposition
hearing may be held on the same day as the adjudicatory hearing, if notice of the
disposition hearing, as prescribed by the Maryland Rules, is waived on the record by
all of the parties.
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