# Education (GED)

## Title 9.5. Division of Early Childhood Development

### Subtitle 1. Established

#### Section 9.5-102

(a) The General Assembly declares that:

  (1) Minor children are not capable of protecting themselves; and

  (2) When a parent has relinquished the care of the parent's minor child to others, there is a possibility of certain risks to the child that require compensating measures.

(b) It is the policy of the State:

  (1) To protect minor children whose care has been relinquished to others by the child's parent;

  (2) To resolve doubts in favor of the child when there is a conflict between the interests of a minor child and the interests of an adult; and

  (3) To encourage the development of child care services for minor children in a safe, healthy, and home-like environment.

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Md. Code Ann., Educ. (as displayed at mgaleg.maryland.gov, October 16, 2026)