MURPHY, Chief Judge.
The question presented is whether dismissal of a juvenile delinquency petition is an appropriate sanction where the intake officer's preliminary inquiry exceeded, without a court order, the time requirement prescribed by Maryland Code (1984, 1991 Cum.Supp.), § 3-810 of the Courts and Judicial Proceedings Article. That section, a part of the Juvenile Causes Act, provides in pertinent part:
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