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<section article="gcj" article_name="Courts and Judicial Proceedings" number="3-8A-26" 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>Pursuant to the procedure provided in the Maryland Rules, the court may make an appropriate order directing, restraining, or otherwise controlling the conduct of a person who is properly before the court under this subtitle, if:</text>
  <level label="1">
    <text>The court finds that the conduct:</text>
    <level label="i">
      <text>Is or may be detrimental or harmful to a child over whom the court has jurisdiction;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="ii">
      <text>Will tend to defeat the execution of an order or disposition made or to be made; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="iii">
      <text>Will assist in the rehabilitation of or is necessary for the welfare of the child; and</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="2">
    <text>Notice of the application or motion and its grounds has been given as prescribed by the Maryland Rules.</text>
  </level>
</section>
