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July 30, 2003
ONE HUNDRED FIFTY-SECOND REPORT
OF THE
STANDING COMMITTEE ON RULES
OF PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE
The Honorable Robert M. Bell,
Chief Judge
The Honorable John C. Eldridge
The Honorable Irma S. Raker
The Honorable Alan M. Wilner
The Honorable Dale R. Cathell
The Honorable Glenn T. Harrell, Jr.
The Honorable Lynne A. Battaglia,
Judges
The Court of Appeals of Maryland
Robert C. Murphy Courts of
Appeal Building
Annapolis, Maryland 21401
Your Honors:
The Rules Committee submits this, its One Hundred Fifty-
Second Report, and recommends that the Court adopt the proposed
rules changes transmitted with this Report. The proposed changes
fall into eighteen categories. Following is a brief description
of the principal proposals in each category.
In Category One are five rules pertaining to the transfer of
actions between courts. Proposed amendments to Rules 2-101 and
3-101 allow a plaintiff who timely filed an action in the
District Court that should have been filed in a circuit court, or
vice versa, 30 days after the order of dismissal to file the
action in the correct court. Amendments to the sections of Rules
2-327 and 3-326 that allow certain transfers of domestic violence
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