# Courts and Judicial Proceedings (GCJ)

## Title 3. Courts of General Jurisdiction -- Jurisdiction/special Causes of Action

### Subtitle 8. Juvenile Causes -- Children in Need of Assistance

#### Section 3-825

(a) A court may not commit a child who is subject to this subtitle to, and the child may not be detained at or transferred to, a correctional facility, as defined in Sec. 1-101 of the Correctional Services Article.

(b) A child who is not a delinquent child, as defined in Sec. 3-8A-01 of this title, may not be committed or transferred to a facility used for the confinement of delinquent children.

(c) Unless an individualized treatment plan developed under Sec. 10-706 of the Health - General Article indicates otherwise, a child may not be:

  (1) Committed or transferred to any public or private facility or institution unless the child is placed in accommodations that are separate from adults who are confined to that facility or institution; or

  (2) Treated in any group with adults.

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Md. Code Ann., Cts. & Jud. Proc. (as displayed at mgaleg.maryland.gov, October 16, 2026)