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<section article="gcj" article_name="Courts and Judicial Proceedings" number="3-8A-05" title_number="3" title_name="Courts of General Jurisdiction -- Jurisdiction/special Causes of Action" subtitle_number="8A" subtitle_name="Juvenile Causes -- Children Other Than Cinas and Adults">
  <level label="a">
    <text>If a person is alleged to be delinquent, the age of the person at the time the alleged delinquent act was committed controls the determination of jurisdiction under this subtitle.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>If a person is alleged to have committed an act under § 3-8A-19.1(b) of this subtitle, the age of the person at the time the alleged act was committed controls the determination of jurisdiction under this subtitle.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>In all other cases under this subtitle the age of the child at the time the petition is filed controls the determination of jurisdiction under this subtitle.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>In a delinquency proceeding there is no presumption of incapacity as a result of infancy for a child who is at least 7 years old.</text>
  </level>
</section>
