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LAWS OF MARYLAND

Ch. 844

(1)  Whether a child needs or requires the
court's assistance, guidance, treatment or rehabilitation;
and if so

(2)  The nature of the assistance, guidance,
treatment or rehabilitation.

[(n)] (0) "Intake officer" means the person assigned
to the court by the Juvenile Services Administration to
provide the intake services set forth in this subtitle.

[(o)] (P) "Mentally handicapped child" means a child
who is or may be mentally retarded or mentally ill.

[(P)] (Q) "Party" includes a child who is the subject
of a petition, the child's parent, guardian, or custodian,
the petitioner and an adult who is charged under § 3-831 of
this subtitle.

[(q)] (R) (1) "Shelter care" means the temporary care
of children in physically unrestricting facilities.

(2) "Shelter care" does not mean care in a State
mental health facility.

(S) "VIOLATION" MEANS A VIOLATION OF §§ 400, 400A,
401, 402, OR 403 OF ARTICLE 27 OF THE CODE AND § 26-103 OF
THE EDUCATION ARTICLE FOR WHICH A CITATION IS ISSUED.

3-804.

(a) The court has exclusive original jurisdiction over
a child alleged to be delinquent, in need of supervision,
[or] in need of assistance OR WHO HAS RECEIVED A CITATION
FOR A VIOLATION.

3-808.

(a) [Except as provided in subsection (b) and (c), the
petition, if any, shall be filed in the county where the
child resides or is domiciled.

(b)] If delinquency or violation of Section 3-831 is
alleged[,] OR IF A CITATION IS ISSUED, the petition, if any,
OR THE CITATION shall be filed in the county where the
alleged act occurred subject to transfer as provided in §
3-809.

[(c)] (B) If the alleged delinquent act is escape or
attempted escape from a training school or similar facility
operated by the Juvenile Services Administration, the
petition, if any, shall be filed and the adjudicatory
hearing held in the county where the alleged escape or
attempted escape occurred unless the court in the county of
the child's domicile requests a transfer. For purposes of