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2005 LAWS OF MARYLAND
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Ch. 580
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(2) Is habitually disobedient, ungovernable, and beyond the control of
the person having custody of him;
(3) Deports himself so as to injure or endanger himself or others; or
(4) Has committed an offense applicable only to children.
(f) "Citation" means the written form issued by a police officer which serves
as the initial pleading against a child for a violation and which is adequate process to
give the court jurisdiction over the person cited.
(g) "Commit" means to transfer legal custody.
(h) (1) "Community detention" means a program monitored by the
Department of Juvenile Services in which a delinquent child or a child alleged to be
delinquent is placed in the home of a parent, guardian, custodian, or other fit person,
or in shelter care, as a condition of probation or as an alternative to detention.
(2) "Community detention" includes electronic monitoring.
(I) "COMPETENCY HEARING" MEANS A HEARING UNDER THIS SUBTITLE TO
DETERMINE WHETHER A CHILD ALLEGED TO BE DELINQUENT IS MENTALLY
COMPETENT TO PARTICIPATE IN A WAIVER HEARING UNDER § 3-8A-06 OF THIS
SUBTITLE, AN ADJUDICATORY HEARING UNDER § 3-8A-18 OF THIS SUBTITLE, A
DISPOSITION HEARING UNDER § 3-8A-19 OF THIS SUBTITLE, OR A VIOLATION OF
PROBATION HEARING.
[(i)] (J) "Court" means the circuit court for a county sitting as the juvenile
court.
[(j)] (K) "Custodian" means a person or agency to whom legal custody of a
child has been given by order of the court, other than the child's parent or legal
guardian.
[(k)] (L) "Delinquent act" means an act which would be a crime if committed
by an adult.
[(1)] (M) "Delinquent child" is a child who has committed a delinquent act and
requires guidance, treatment, or rehabilitation.
[(m)] (N) "Detention" means the temporary care of children who, pending court
disposition, require secure custody for the protection of themselves or the community,
in physically restricting facilities.
(0) "DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITY" MEANS A SEVERE CHRONIC DISABILITY
OF A CHILD THAT:
(1) IS ATTRIBUTABLE TO A PHYSICAL OR MENTAL IMPAIRMENT, OTHER
THAN THE SOLE DIAGNOSIS OF MENTAL ILLNESS, OR TO A COMBINATION OF
MENTAL AND PHYSICAL IMPAIRMENTS;
(2) IS LIKELY TO CONTINUE INDEFINITELY;
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