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Md. Code Ann., Fam. Law § 5-801 (2026)
§ 5-801
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§5–801.
(a) A person who is charged with the care of a child under the age of 8 years may not allow the child to be locked or confined in a dwelling, building, enclosure, or motor vehicle while the person charged is absent and the dwelling, building, enclosure, or motor vehicle is out of the sight of the person charged unless the person charged provides a reliable person at least 13 years old to remain with the child to protect the child.
(b) A person who violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction is subject to a fine not exceeding $500 or imprisonment not exceeding 30 days, or both.
(a) A person who is charged with the care of a child under the age of 8 years may not allow the child to be locked or confined in a dwelling, building, enclosure, or motor vehicle while the person charged is absent and the dwelling, building, enclosure, or motor vehicle is out of the sight of the person charged unless the person charged provides a reliable person at least 13 years old to remain with the child to protect the child.
(b) A person who violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction is subject to a fine not exceeding $500 or imprisonment not exceeding 30 days, or both.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 6
cases, 2001–2019 · leading case: Junek v. St. Mary's Cnty. Dep't of Soc. Servs., 211 A.3d 403 (Md. 2019).
Junek v. St. Mary's Cnty. Dep't of Soc. Servs., 211 A.3d 403 (Md. 2019). “Junek's appeal pending the outcome of criminal charges of involuntary manslaughter and violations of Maryland's Unattended Child Statute, Md. Code, Family Law Article § 5-801, issued against Mr.”
Hall v. State, 139 A.3d 936 (Md. 2016). “), Section 5-801(a) of the Family Law Article.”
Dep't of Child. & Families v. E.D.-o., 82 A.3d 330 (N.J. Super. Ct. App. Div. 2014). “3 (making punishable by fine or imprisonment not to exceed six months leaving an unattended child under six years of age in a motor vehicle when the operator "is more than ten feet from the vehicle and unable to continuously observe the child"); Md. Code Ann., Fam. Law § 5-801…”
United States v. Johnson, 131 F. Supp. 2d 721 (D. Md. 2001). “” Immediately before trial, counsel for the prosecution explained that “Article 5-801 (unattended child)” actually referred to Section 5-801 of the Family Law Article of *723 the Maryland Code.”
I.B. v. Frederick Cnty. Dept. of Soc. Servs., 197 A.3d 598 (Md. Ct. Spec. App. 2018). “] guilty and convicted him for confining an unattended child, pursuant to Md. Code Ann., Family Law § 5-801 (2012).”
I.B. v. Frederick Cnty. Dept. of Soc. Servs., No. 1497/16 (Md. Ct. Spec. App. Nov. 29, 2018). “] guilty and convicted him for confining an unattended child, pursuant to Md. Code Ann., Family Law § 5-801 (2012).”
Md. Code Ann., Fam. Law § 5-801(a): 1 case
Hall v. State, 139 A.3d 936 (Md. 2016). “), Section 5-801(a) of the Family Law Article.”
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