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<section article="gcj" article_name="Courts and Judicial Proceedings" number="3-8C-06" title_number="3" title_name="Courts of General Jurisdiction -- Jurisdiction/special Causes of Action" subtitle_number="8C" subtitle_name="Truancy Reduction Pilot Program">
  <level label="a">
    <text>Unless a petition filed under this subtitle is dismissed, the court shall hold a separate disposition hearing after the adjudicatory hearing.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>The court shall hold a disposition hearing on the same day as the adjudicatory hearing unless, on its own motion or motion of a party, the court finds good cause to delay the disposition hearing to a later day.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>If the court delays a disposition hearing, it shall be held no later than 15 days after the conclusion of the adjudicatory hearing unless good cause is shown.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>In making a disposition on a petition filed under this subtitle, the court may order the child to:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Attend school;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Perform community service;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>Attend counseling, including family counseling;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>Attend substance abuse evaluation and treatment;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>Attend mental health evaluation and treatment; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="6">
      <text>Keep a curfew with the hours set by the court.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>Cases under this subtitle are eligible for family support services as provided in the Maryland Rules.</text>
  </level>
</section>
