PARRIS N. GLENDENING, Governor                               Ch. 11

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect
October 1, 1995.

Approved April 11, 1995.

CHAPTER 11
(House Bill 823)

AN ACT concerning

Juvenile Causes - Children in Need of Assistance - Hearings - Permanency Plans of

Reunification

FOR the purpose of requiring that, in a child in need of assistance case where a child is
removed from home, the court shall issue an order making certain findings and
notifying the parents that the agency holding or department having commitment of
a child may change the permanency plan of reunification for the child under certain
circumstances; requiring parents of children who are the subject of certain
proceedings to notify the local department of social services of all changes in the
parent's address; requiring the court in certain proceedings to inquire as to the
identity and current address of both of a child's parents each parent of each child
before the juvenile court and make certain findings resulting from that inquiry;
requiring the court to notify certain parents of their obligation to provide certain
information to the court; requiring the court make certain referrals under certain
circumstances; permitting the court to issue certain orders; allowing a circuit court
to consider certain evidence taken and findings made in certain hearings and
proceedings; and generally relating to children in need of assistance.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article - Courts and Judicial Proceedings
Section 3-802 and 3-837
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1989 Replacement Volume and 1994 Supplement)

BY adding to

Article - Courts and Judicial Proceedings

Section 3-820(k) and 3-837.1

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1989 Replacement Volume and 1994 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:

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