Crime-Victim and Witness Court-Attendance Leave Request Packet

SUBPOENA OR STATUTORY VICTIM-ATTENDANCE REQUEST PACKET

Maryland — Md. Code, Cts. & Jud. Proc. § 9-205

1. EMPLOYEE AND EMPLOYER

2. SELECT ONE COVERED ROUTE

Route A — subpoenaed witness

• ☐ Employee is responding to a subpoena requiring appearance as a witness.
• ☐ Proceeding is: ☐ civil ☐ criminal ☐ discovery

Route B — incorporated victim-attendance right

• ☐ Employee has a right to attend the proceeding under Criminal Procedure § 11-102.
• ☐ Employee has a right to attend the proceeding under Criminal Procedure § 11-302.
• ☐ Employee has a right to attend the juvenile proceeding under Courts and Judicial Proceedings § 3-8A-13.

For Route B, confirm the incorporated victim or representative status, any notification-request requirement, and the covered proceeding with the prosecutor, victim advocate, or counsel.

Confirmation: [NAME / OFFICE / DATE]

3. PROCEEDING AND JOB TIME LOST

Court / tribunal: [________________________________]

Case identifier, using the minimum information needed: [________________________________]

Date and time: [________________________________]

Expected job time lost: [DATE / START / END]

Operational notice date, method, and recipient: [________________________________]

Employee signature: __________________________ Date: ______________

4. MINIMUM SUPPORTING RECORD

• ☐ Subpoena
• ☐ Court scheduling notice
• ☐ Prosecutor or victim-advocate confirmation of incorporated attendance right
• ☐ Other minimally necessary record: [________________________________]

Do not attach charging papers, police reports, medical records, victim addresses, or offense narratives unless current law or counsel requires them.

5. PAY AND SCHEDULING

Section 9-205 protects the job but does not specify paid leave.

• ☐ Unpaid time
• ☐ Accrued paid leave: [TYPE / HOURS]
• ☐ Schedule adjustment: [________________________________]
• ☐ Other treatment: [________________________________]

6. EMPLOYER RESPONSE

• ☐ Route A subpoena or Route B attendance right confirmed
• ☐ Job time lost recorded: [________________________________]
• ☐ Pay treatment recorded
• ☐ Counsel review required

The employer may not deprive the employee of the employee's job solely because of job time lost from a covered subpoena response or incorporated statutory attendance right. A violating employer may be fined up to $1,000.

Employer representative: _____________________ Date: ______________

Decision delivered to employee: [DATE / METHOD]

7. CHANGE LOG

OFFICIAL SOURCE VERIFIED

• Maryland General Assembly — Md. Code, Cts. & Jud. Proc. § 9-205