Section 10-215 - Disposition. - Maryland Statutes

§ 10-215. Disposition.
 

(a)  Authority of State's Attorney.- After a pretrial inquiry before the State's Attorney, a deputy State's Attorney, or an assistant State's Attorney, the State's Attorney may: 

(1) file an information that charges the accused individual with nonsupport or desertion, as appropriate; or 

(2) seek an indictment that charges the accused individual with nonsupport or desertion, as appropriate. 

(b)  Authority of court.- After an information is filed and before trial, the court, with the written consent of the accused individual, may pass an order under § 10-202 or § 10-204 of this subtitle. 

(c)  Nonconsent; request for trial.- If the accused individual fails or refuses to consent to a court order being passed, the individual has a right to be tried on the charge. 
 

[An. Code 1957, art. 27, § 90; 1984, ch. 296, § 2.]