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<section article="gfl" article_name="Family Law" number="5-101" title_number="5" title_name="Children" subtitle_number="1" subtitle_name="Definitions">
  <level label="a">
    <text>In this title the following words have the meanings indicated.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>“Adoptive parent” means an individual who completes adoption of another individual.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>“Child placement agency” means:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>a local department; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>a private agency that is licensed by the Social Services Administration of the Department under § 5–507 of this title, or by a comparable governmental unit of another state, to place children.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>“Crime of violence”:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>has the meaning stated in § 14–101 of the Criminal Law Article; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>as to a crime committed in another state, means a crime that, if committed in this State, would be a crime of violence as defined in § 14–101 of the Criminal Law Article.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>“Department” means the State Department of Human Services.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="f">
    <text>“Disability” means:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>alcohol dependence, as defined in § 8–101 of the Health – General Article;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>drug dependence, as defined in § 8–101 of the Health – General Article;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>a mental disorder, as defined in § 10–101 of the Health – General Article; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>intellectual disability, as defined in § 7–101 of the Health – General Article.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
