This case presents the issue of whether Maryland Rule 9-207 permits a circuit court judge to refer to a master a prosecution for criminal contempt based upon the defendant's failure to pay child support. We shall hold that it does not.
I.
As the basis for the referral of this criminal case to a master was Rule 9-207, we shall at the outset set forth the pertinent provisions of that rule...
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