MURPHY, Chief Judge.
This case involves Maryland's Domestic Violence Act (the Act), Maryland Code (1984, 1987 Cum.Supp.), §§ 4-501 through 4-515 of the Family Law Article, and whether appeals arising under its provisions from the District Court of Maryland to a circuit court are to be heard on the record or de novo.
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The Act, in § 4-504, authorizes a "household member" to file a sworn petition, either in a circuit court or in the...
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