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<section article="gfl" article_name="Family Law" number="9.5-315" title_number="9.5" title_name="Maryland Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act" subtitle_number="3" subtitle_name="Enforcement">
  <level label="a">
    <text>In a case arising under this title or involving the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction, the Attorney General may take any lawful action, including resort to a proceeding under this subtitle or any other available civil proceeding to locate a child, obtain the return of a child, or enforce a child custody determination if there is:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>an existing child custody determination;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>a request to do so from a court in a pending child custody proceeding;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>a reasonable belief that a criminal statute has been violated; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>a reasonable belief that the child has been wrongfully removed or retained in violation of the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>The Attorney General acting under this section on behalf of the court may not represent any party.</text>
  </level>
</section>
