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<section article="gcj" article_name="Courts and Judicial Proceedings" number="3-806" title_number="3" title_name="Courts of General Jurisdiction -- Jurisdiction/special Causes of Action" subtitle_number="8" subtitle_name="Juvenile Causes -- Children in Need of Assistance">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>In every county, one or more judges shall be assigned specially to handle cases arising under this subtitle and Subtitle 8A of this title.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The assignment shall be made by the circuit administrative judge, subject to the approval of the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Maryland.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>The judges so assigned are not subject to an automatic regular rotation.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>To the extent feasible, the judges assigned under this section shall:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Desire to be so assigned;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Have the temperament necessary to deal properly with the cases and children likely to come before the court; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>Have special experience or training in juvenile causes and the problems of children likely to come before the court.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
