Section 5-1020 - Notice to alleged father. - Maryland Statutes

§ 5-1020. Notice to alleged father.
 

Before the State's Attorney conducts a pretrial inquiry under this subtitle, the State's Attorney shall notify the parties in writing of: 

(1) the time and place of the inquiry; 

(2) the alleged father's right to appear at the inquiry and to produce evidence or information that relates to the inquiry; and 

(3) the alleged father's right to testify in his own behalf before the State's Attorney, if the alleged father: 

(i) notifies the State's Attorney of the alleged father's desire to testify; and 

(ii) signs a waiver that permits his testimony to be used against him in the paternity proceeding. 
 

[An. Code 1957, art. 16, § 66D; 1984, ch. 296, § 2; 1997, ch. 609, § 1.]