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ROBERT L. EHRLICH, JR., Governor H.B. 1225
(V) "REASONABLE EFFORTS" MEANS EFFORTS THAT ARE REASONABLY
LIKELY TO ACHIEVE THE OBJECTIVES SET FORTH IN § 3-816.1(B)(l) AND (2) OF THIS
SUBTITLE.
3-802.
(a) The purposes of this subtitle are:
(1) To provide for the care, protection, safety, and mental and physical
development of any child coming within the provisions of this subtitle;
(2) To provide for a program of services and treatment consistent with
the child's best interests and the promotion of the public interest;
(3) To conserve and strengthen the child's family ties and to separate a
child from the child's parents only when necessary for the child's welfare;
(4) To hold parents of children found to be in need of assistance
responsible for remedying the circumstances that required the court's intervention;
(5) Except as otherwise provided by law, to hold the local department of
social services responsible for providing services to assist the parents with remedying
the circumstances that required the court's intervention;
(6) If necessary to remove a child from the child's home, to secure for the
child custody, care, and discipline as nearly as possible equivalent to that which the
child's parents should have given;
(7) To achieve a timely, permanent placement for the child consistent
with the child's best interests; and
(8) To provide judicial procedures for carrying out the provisions of this
subtitle.
(b) This subtitle shall be construed liberally to effectuate these purposes.
(C) (1) IN ALL JUDICIAL PROCEEDINGS CONDUCTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH
THIS SUBTITLE OR § 5-319 OF THE FAMILY LAW ARTICLE, THE COURT MAY DIRECT
THE LOCAL DEPARTMENT TO PROVIDE SERVICES TO A CHILD, THE CHILD'S FAMILY,
OR THE CHILD'S CAREGIVER TO THE EXTENT THAT THE LOCAL DEPARTMENT IS
AUTHORIZED UNDER STATE LAW.
(2) THE COURT SHALL EXERCISE THE AUTHORITY DESCRIBED IN
PARAGRAPH (1) OF THIS SUBSECTION TO PROTECT AND ADVANCE A CHILD'S BEST
INTERESTS.
3-815.
(a) In accordance with regulations adopted by the Department of Human
Resources, a local department may authorize shelter care for a child who may be in
need of assistance and has been taken into custody under this subtitle.
(b) A local department may place a child in emergency shelter care before a
hearing if:
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