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<section article="gfl" article_name="Family Law" number="9-306" title_number="9" title_name="Child Custody and Visitation" subtitle_number="3" subtitle_name="Removal of Child From State; Child Abduction">
  <level label="a">
    <text>If an individual violates the provisions of § 9-304 or § 9-305 of this subtitle, the individual may file in an equity court a petition that:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>states that, at the time the act was done, a failure to do the act would have resulted in a clear and present danger to the health, safety, or welfare of the child; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>seeks to revise, amend, or clarify the custody order.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>If a petition is filed as provided in subsection (a) of this section within 96 hours of the act, a finding by the court that, at the time the act was done, a failure to do the act would have resulted in a clear and present danger to the health, safety, or welfare of the child is a complete defense to any action brought for a violation of § 9-304 or § 9-305 of this subtitle.</text>
  </level>
</section>
