Ch. 258                                          LAWS OF MARYLAND

(h) "Commit" means to transfer legal custody.

(i) "Court" means the circuit court of a county or

Baltimore City sitting as the juvenile court. In Montgomery

County, it means the District Court sitting as the juvenile
court.

(j) "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) "Delinquent act" means an act which would be a crime if
committed by an adult.

(1) "Delinquent child" is a child who has committed a
delinquent act and requires guidance, treatment, or
rehabilitation.

(m) "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.

(n) "Disposition hearing" means a hearing to determine:

(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.

(o) "Intake officer" means the person assigned to the court
by the Juvenile Services Agency to provide the intake services
set forth in this subtitle.

(p) "Mentally handicapped child" means a child who is or
may be mentally retarded or mentally ill.

(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.

(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) (1) "VICTIM" MEANS AN INDIVIDUAL WHO SUFFERS DIRECT OR
THREATENED PHYSICAL, EMOTIONAL, OR FINANCIAL HARM AS A RESULT OF
A DELINQUENT ACT.

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