{"data":{"id":"us-md/md.-code-family-law-5-524","jurisdiction":"us-md","citation":"Md. Code, Family Law § 5–524","heading":"","body":"The Administration shall provide child welfare services to a child and the child’s parent or guardian:\n(1) to assist in preventing the necessity of placing the child outside of the child’s home;\n(2) to reunite the child with the child’s parent or guardian after the child has been placed in foster care; or\n(3) if the child has been placed in foster care and cannot return to the child’s parent or guardian, to develop and implement an alternative permanent plan for the child.","path":["Article - Family Law"],"source_url":"https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Laws/StatuteText?article=gfl\u0026section=5-524","current_through":"2026-01-01","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T19:58:17Z","sha256":"3a2c09dc0c602afdb5ea7a99c25dcbeaa69b7ca1951b898c500298ff76ee6f6e","source_id":"us-md","stale":false,"prev":"us-md/md.-code-family-law-5-521","next":"us-md/md.-code-family-law-5-525"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}