Ch. 651                             MARVIN MANDEL, Governor                                1349

29.

The State Department is authorized to recognize and deal with any institution,
agency, or society, licensed or recognized by another state for the care or
placement of [minors] PERSONS UNDER EIGHTEEN YEARS OF AGE, if
that State extends the same recognition and reciprocal relations to licenses under
this subtitle.

31.

Any institution, agency, society, individuals, husband and wife acting jointly, or
set of individuals who assume or exercise the care, custody, or control of [minors]
PERSONS UNDER EIGHTEEN YEARS OF AGE, unrelated by blood or
marriage, or who place such minors for adoption, or otherwise, in violation of the
provisions of this subtitle , shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction
shall be subject to a fine not to exceed five hundred dollars or to imprisonment for
not to exceed one year, in the discretion of the court.

45.

(c) "Dependent child". -"Dependent child" means a needy [[child]]
PERSON WHO IS EITHER (1) under the age of eighteen years OR (2) UNDER
THE AGE OF TWENTY-ONE YEARS AND (AS DETERMINED BY THE
SOCIAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION IN ACCORDANCE WITH
STANDARDS PRESCRIBED BY THE SECRETARY OF HEALTH,
EDUCATION AND WELFARE) IS A STUDENT REGULARLY
ATTENDING A SCHOOL, COLLEGE OR UNIVERSITY, OR REGULARLY
ATTENDING A COURSE OF VOCATIONAL OR TECHNICAL TRAINING
DESIGNED TO FIT HIM FOR GAINFUL EMPLOYMENT, AND [[(1)]] (3)
who has been deprived of parental support or care by reason of the death,
continued absence from the home, or physical or mental incapacity of a parent,
and [[(2)]] (4) who is living with his father, mother, grandfather, grandmother,
brother, sister, stepfather, stepmother, stepbrother, stepsister, uncle, aunt, niece,
nephew, or first cousin, and/or any and all other relatives as the laws of the
federal government governing federal aid to families with dependent children may
from time to time include, in a place of residence maintained by one or more of
such relatives as his or their own home. [["Child"]] "PERSON" shall include
[[an illegitimate child:]] A PERSON BORN OUT OF WEDLOCK; for the
purpose of clause [[(1)]] (3), such [[illegitimate child]] PERSON shall be
considered the child of both parents although paternity has not been established by
legal proceedings or otherwise, or is in fact unknown; for the purposes of clause
[[(2)]] (4) such [[child]] PERSON shall be treated as if it were legitimate in
determining relationships through its mother, and also through its father, when the
paternity of such [[child]] PERSON is established to the satisfaction of the local
unit by such proof as it deems adequate. Support from relatives shall be regarded
as a potential resource and evaluated as to amount and availability, as determined
by rule and regulation of the State Department.

SECTION 42. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That Section 13 of
Article 89C of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1969 Replacement Volume), title
"Support of Dependents," subtitle "Civil Enforcement," be and it is hereby
repealed and re-enacted, with amendments, to read as follows:

13.

A petition on behalf of a [minor] PERSON UNDER EIGHTEEN YEARS
OF AGE obligee may be brought by a person having legal custody of the minor
without appointment as guardian ad litem.