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<section article="gcj" article_name="Courts and Judicial Proceedings" number="3-8A-18" title_number="3" title_name="Courts of General Jurisdiction -- Jurisdiction/special Causes of Action" subtitle_number="8A" subtitle_name="Juvenile Causes -- Children Other Than Cinas and Adults">
  <level label="a">
    <text>The provisions of this section do not apply to a peace order request or a peace order proceeding.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>After a petition or citation has been filed with the court under this subtitle, and unless jurisdiction has been waived, the court shall hold an adjudicatory hearing.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>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.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>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.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>If an adult is charged under this subtitle, the allegations must be proved beyond a reasonable doubt.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>In all other cases under this subtitle the allegations must be proved by a preponderance of the evidence.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="f">
    <text>A court may issue a body attachment for witnesses as provided by Maryland Rule 4–267, if:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>The witness is at least 18 years old; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The case was transferred to the court under § 4–202 of the Criminal Procedure Article.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
