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<section article="gcj" article_name="Courts and Judicial Proceedings" number="3-8A-19.6" 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">
    <level label="1">
      <text>In this section the following words have the meanings indicated.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>“Good cause” includes a child having two or more unexcused absences from a treatment program that the child is ordered to attend as a condition of probation, unless the child has substantially completed the treatment program.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>“Technical violation” means a violation of probation that does not involve:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>An arrest or a summons issued by a commissioner on a statement of charges filed by a law enforcement officer;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>A violation of a criminal prohibition, or an act that would be a violation of a criminal prohibition if committed by an adult, other than a minor traffic offense;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>A violation of a no–contact or stay–away order; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>Absconding.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>This section does not apply to an offense committed by a child that, if committed by an adult, would be a felony and a crime of violence under § 14–101 of the Criminal Law Article.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>The court may not place a child on probation for a term exceeding that provided in this section.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Except as provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection, if the most serious offense committed by a child would be a misdemeanor if committed by an adult, the court may place the child on probation for a period not exceeding 1 year.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Subject to paragraph (3) of this subsection, the court may, after a hearing, extend the probation by periods not exceeding 3 months if the court finds that:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>There is good cause to extend the probation; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>The purpose of extending the probation is to ensure that the child completes a treatment or rehabilitative program or service.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>The total period of the probation, including extensions of the probation, may not exceed 2 years.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Except as provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection, if the most serious offense committed by a child would be a felony if committed by an adult, the court may place the child on probation for a period not exceeding 2 years.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <level label="i">
        <text>Subject to paragraph (3) of this subsection, the court may, after a hearing, extend the probation by periods not exceeding 3 months if the court finds that:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>There is good cause to extend the probation; and</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>The purpose of extending the probation is to ensure that the child completes a treatment or rehabilitative program or service.</text>
        </level>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Except as provided in paragraph (3) of this subsection, if the probation is extended under this paragraph, the total period of the probation may not exceed 3 years.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <level label="i">
        <text>Subject to subparagraph (ii) of this paragraph, the court may extend the period of the probation for a period of time greater than the period described in paragraph (2)(ii) of this subsection if, after a hearing, the court finds by clear and convincing evidence that:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>There is good cause to extend the probation; and</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>Extending the probation is in the best interest of the child.</text>
        </level>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>If the probation is extended under this paragraph, the total period of probation, including extensions under paragraph (2) of this subsection, may not exceed 4 years.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="f">
    <text>Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, if a child is found to have committed a violation of probation, except for a technical violation, a court may, after a hearing, place the child on a new term of probation for a period that is consistent with the period of probation that may be imposed under this section for the delinquent act for which the child was originally placed on probation.</text>
  </level>
</section>
