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PARRIS N. GLENDENING, Governor S.B. 592
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(1) The child is mentally handicapped or is not receiving ordinary and
proper care and attention[,]; and
(2) The child's parents, guardian, or custodian are unable or unwilling to
give proper care and attention to the child and the child's problems provided, however,
a child shall not be deemed to be in need of assistance for the sole reason that the
child is being furnished nonmedical remedial care and treatment recognized by State
law.
(f) "Child in need of supervision" is a child who requires guidance, treatment,
or rehabilitation and:
(1) Is required by law to attend school and is habitually truant;
(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.
(g) "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.
(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 and following the applicable rules of the circuit 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 Department
of Juvenile Justice to provide the intake services set forth in this subtitle.
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