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§ 9-244. Provision of court staff

West's Annotated Code of MarylandHuman ServicesEffective: October 1, 2007

West's Annotated Code of Maryland
Human Services (Refs & Annos)
Title 9. Juvenile Services (Refs & Annos)
Subtitle 2. Department of Juvenile Services (Refs & Annos)
Part II. Facilities, Programs, and Services (Refs & Annos)
Effective: October 1, 2007
MD Code, Human Services, § 9-244
§ 9-244. Provision of court staff
Currentness
In general
(a) The Secretary shall:
(1) study the problem of the units of work that are involved in the juvenile courts; and
(2) establish a system for units of work.
Court staff
(b)(1) On the basis of the comparative workload of any juvenile court, the Secretary shall provide the court with adequate staff and an adequate variety of staff.
(2) Unless the judges of the court consent, a juvenile court may not be assigned a smaller staff than authorized as of July 1, 1986.
Additional staff
(c)(1) Within the formula described in this section, a judge of any juvenile court may request the additional clerical and professional court service staff that the workload of the court requires.
(2) The Secretary shall consider and respond to a request under paragraph (1) of this subsection in accordance with §§ 9-241 and 9-243 of this subtitle.

Credits

Added by Acts 2007, c. 3, § 2, eff. Oct. 1, 2007.
MD Code, Human Services, § 9-244, MD HUMAN SERV § 9-244
Current through legislation effective through April 9, 2023, from the 2024 Regular Session of the General Assembly. Some statute sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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