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<section article="gfl" article_name="Family Law" number="5-1020" title_number="5" title_name="Children" subtitle_number="10" subtitle_name="Paternity Proceedings">
  <level label="a">
    <text>This section applies only to jurisdictions in which the Administration is represented by a State’s Attorney.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>Before the State’s Attorney conducts a pretrial inquiry under this subtitle, the State’s Attorney shall notify the parties in writing of:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>the time and place of the inquiry;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>the alleged father’s right to appear at the inquiry and to produce evidence or information that relates to the inquiry; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>the alleged father’s right to testify in his own behalf before the State’s Attorney, if the alleged father:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>notifies the State’s Attorney of the alleged father’s desire to testify; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>signs a waiver that permits his testimony to be used against him in the paternity proceeding.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
