Ch. 351                                    1996 LAWS OF MARYLAND

(i) to resolve marital conflict, familial conflict, and parent-child
relationship problems; and

(ii) to teach child care and development and parenting skills;

(3)     information and referral services to teach families how to locate and use
community services, including health care services; and

(4)     home management services to teach the management of household
duties and responsibilities, including budgeting skills.

4-606.

(a)     To assist displaced homemakers in becoming gainfully employed, the center
shall provide them with:

(1)     counseling;.

(2)     training;

(3)     skills;

(4)     services; and

(5)     education.

(b)     To the extent the center has the resources available, the center may also
provide these services to persons who are at least 30 years old and:

(1) who satisfy the criteria for displaced homemakers under § 4-601(2), (3),
(4), and (5) of this subtitle; or

(2) who have depended on Aid to Families with Dependent Children OR
TEMPORARY CASH ASSISTANCE for at least 24 months.

5-203.

(a) (1) The parents are the joint natural guardians of their minor child.

(2) A parent is the sole natural guardian of the minor child if the other
parent:

(i) dies;

(ii) abandons the family; or

(iii) is incapable of acting as a parent.

(b) The parents of a minor child:

(1)     are jointly and severally responsible for the child's support, care.
nurture, welfare, and education; and

(2)     have the same powers and duties in relation to the child.

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