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<section article="gcj" article_name="Courts and Judicial Proceedings" number="3-8A-17.9" 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">
  <text>The court shall dismiss the delinquency petition or the violation of probation petition if the child has not attained competency within:</text>
  <level label="1">
    <text>18 months after the date of the finding of incompetency if the child is alleged to have:</text>
    <level label="i">
      <text>Except as provided in item (2) of this section, committed an act that would be a felony if committed by an adult; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="ii">
      <text>Committed an act in violation of § 5–133, § 5–134, § 5–138, or § 5–203 of the Public Safety Article or § 4–203, § 4–204, or § 4–205 of the Criminal Law Article; or</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="2">
    <text>6 months after the date of the finding of incompetency if the child is alleged to have:</text>
    <level label="i">
      <text>Committed an act other than an act specified in item (1)(ii) of this section that would be a misdemeanor if committed by an adult; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="ii">
      <text>Committed an act that would be a felony if committed by an adult over which the District Court has exclusive original jurisdiction under Title 4, Subtitle 3 of this article.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
