Section 5-534 – Kinship Care Program
(a) (1) In this section the following words have the meanings indicated. (2) “Kinship caregiver” means an individual: (i) with whom a child who is in the care, custody, or guardianship of the local department may be placed for temporary or long–term care other than adoption; and (ii) who is approved by the local department under subsection (e) of this […]
Section 5-524 – Child Welfare Services
The Administration shall provide child welfare services to a child and the child’s parent or guardian: (1) to assist in preventing the necessity of placing the child outside of the child’s home; (2) to reunite the child with the child’s parent or guardian after the child has been placed in foster care; or (3) if the child has […]
Section 5-525 – Out-of-Home Placement and Foster Care — in General
(a) (1) In this section, “disability” means: (i) a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more of an individual’s major life activities; (ii) a record of having a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more of an individual’s major life activities; or (iii) being regarded as having a physical or mental impairment that substantially […]
Section 5-525.1 – Out-of-Home Placement and Foster Care — Adoption
(a) If a child placement agency to which a child is committed under § 5-525 of this subtitle determines that adoption of the child is in the best interest of the child, the child placement agency shall refer the case to the agency attorney within 60 days of the determination and the agency attorney shall file […]