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<section article="get" article_name="Estates and Trusts" number="11-114" title_number="11" title_name="Miscellaneous Rules" subtitle_number="1" subtitle_name="General">
  <level label="a">
    <text>Unless good cause is shown for the appointment, a court may not appoint, as a guardian of the person of a minor or disabled person, a person who has been convicted of:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>A felony;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>A crime of violence, as defined in § 14–101 of the Criminal Law Article;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>Assault in the second degree; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>A sexual offense in the third or fourth degree or attempted rape or sexual offense in the third or fourth degree.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>Unless good cause is shown for the appointment, a court may not appoint, as a guardian of the property of a minor or disabled person, a person who has been convicted of a crime that reflects adversely on an individual’s honesty, trustworthiness, or fitness to perform the duties of a guardian of the property of a minor or disabled person, including fraud, extortion, embezzlement, forgery, perjury, and theft.</text>
  </level>
</section>
