Md. R. Juv. Causes 11-204
A local department may place a child in emergency shelter care before a hearing in conformance with Code, Courts Article, § 3-815(b).
Cross reference: See Code, Courts Article, § 3-807 for the authority of a magistrate to order shelter care.
Unless a child placed in emergency shelter care pursuant to section (a) of this Rule has been released, the local department shall:
The court shall hold a hearing on a request for continued shelter care on the same day that the petition is filed. The hearing may be postponed or continued by the court for good cause shown, but it may not be postponed for more than eight days following the commencement of the respondent's emergency shelter care.
The petitioner shall give reasonable notice of the time, place, and purpose of the hearing to the child's parent, guardian, and custodian, and to the child's other relatives who may be potential placement resources, if they can be located.
A respondent shall be present for the hearing, except that the attorney for the respondent may waive the presence of that respondent.
Committee note: If the hearing is conducted by remote electronic means, "present" or "presence" means the ability (1) to observe the proceeding, (2) to communicate with other participants when such communication is permitted, and (3) to be observed by other participants when communicating.
The court may continue shelter care prior to adjudication if the court has reasonable grounds to find the criteria in Code, Courts Article, § 3-815(d) have been satisfied.
The court may not order continued shelter care for more than 30 days, except that it may extend the shelter care for an additional period not exceeding 30 days if it finds, by a preponderance of the evidence, after a hearing held as part of an adjudicatory hearing, that continued shelter care is needed to provide for the safety of the child.
If the court orders continued shelter care, the court shall make written findings as to the grounds for removal and the efforts that were made to avoid the need for removal as required by Code, Courts Article, § 3-815(d) and (e) and § 3816.1. If the hearing was conducted by a magistrate, the magistrate also shall make written findings, conclusions, and recommendations. If a magistrate declines to order continued shelter care, the magistrate shall prepare written findings in support of that determination and enter an order denying continued shelter care.
If a hearing under this Rule was conducted by a magistrate, a party may request immediate review of an order orally at the hearing or in writing no later than the next day after entry of the magistrate's order pursuant to subsection (d)(3) of this Rule.
Not later than the next day following a request for immediate review, a judge of the court shall review the file, any exhibits, and the magistrate's findings, conclusions, and recommendations and shall afford the parties an opportunity for a hearing on the record or de novo review.
Md. R. Juv. Causes 11-204
This Rule is derived in part from former Rule 11-112(2021) and is in part new.