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<section article="gcj" article_name="Courts and Judicial Proceedings" number="3-817" title_number="3" title_name="Courts of General Jurisdiction -- Jurisdiction/special Causes of Action" subtitle_number="8" subtitle_name="Juvenile Causes -- Children in Need of Assistance">
  <level label="a">
    <text>After a CINA petition is filed under this subtitle, the court shall hold an adjudicatory hearing.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>The rules of evidence under Title 5 of the Maryland Rules shall apply at an adjudicatory hearing.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>The allegations in a petition under this subtitle shall be proved by a preponderance of the evidence.</text>
  </level>
</section>
