Section 5-1202 – Statewide Protocol for Integrating Welfare and Substance Abuse Treatment Services
(a) On or before December 1, 2000, the Secretary of Human Services and the Secretary of Health shall, after consultation with a broad range of child welfare professionals, substance abuse experts, judges, attorneys, managed care organizations, health care providers, local departments, local health departments, and child advocates, develop a statewide protocol for integrating child welfare and […]
Section 5-1035 – Miscellaneous Provisions in Order
(a) In an order passed under this subtitle, the court may include a provision, directed to any party, regarding: (1) custody of the child; (2) visitation privileges with the child; (3) giving bond; or (4) any other matter that is related to the general welfare and best interests of the child. (b) In an order passed under this subtitle, the court […]
Section 5-1203 – Substance Abuse Assessment and Testing
At an adjudicatory hearing on a petition for a child in need of assistance, if a local department requests substance abuse assessment and testing for a parent, a juvenile court shall order the assessment and testing unless the juvenile court finds compelling reasons not to order the assessment and testing and provides the reasons in […]
Section 5-1036 – Costs
(a) Except as otherwise provided in this section, the court may award costs under this subtitle in accordance with the Maryland Rules. (b) The court may order all or part of the costs to be paid by the county where the proceeding is instituted. (c) The court may order any party to pay the costs of the proceeding.
Section 5-1204 – Funding
Subject to the availability of funds, the Governor shall include in the State budget for fiscal year 2002 and all succeeding fiscal years sufficient funds to ensure that: (1) each at-risk parent receives substance abuse treatment when the at-risk parent indicates a desire to enter substance abuse treatment or as soon thereafter as possible; and (2) each […]
Section 5-1037 – Notice
The court may not enter an order under this subtitle against a party unless the party is given reasonable notice and an opportunity to be heard.
Section 5-1038 – Finality; Modification
(a) (1) Except as provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection, a declaration of paternity in an order is final. (2) (i) A declaration of paternity may be modified or set aside: 1. in the manner and to the extent that any order or decree of an equity court is subject to the revisory power of the court under any […]
Section 5-1039 – Finding for Alleged Father
(a) If the court finds that the alleged father is not the father, the court may: (1) retain jurisdiction; and (2) on its own motion or otherwise, take any further proceeding that the court considers just and proper and in the best interests of the child. (b) Under this section, the court may: (1) enter an appropriate order against the […]
Section 5-1040 – Sealing of Papers
(a) On completion of a paternity proceeding, the court may order the clerk of court: (1) to seal all papers in the case; and (2) not to open any papers in the case, except on order of the court. (b) In any further proceeding under § 5-1038 of this subtitle on support payments or custody, the papers in the […]
Section 5-1021 – Blood Test
(a) The attorney for the Administration may request any individual named in a paternity complaint to submit to a blood or genetic test. (b) If the individual refuses the attorney for the Administration’s request to submit to a blood or genetic test, the attorney for the Administration may apply to the circuit court for an order that […]