Section 9-304 - Prohibited acts - In this State. - Maryland Statutes

§ 9-304. Prohibited acts - In this State.
 

If a child is under the age of 16 years, a relative who knows that another person is the lawful custodian of the child may not, with the intent to deprive the lawful custodian of the custody of the child: 

(1) abduct, take, or carry away the child from the lawful custodian to a place within this State; 

(2) having acquired lawful possession of the child, detain the child within this State for more than 48 hours after the lawful custodian demands that the child be returned; 

(3) harbor or hide the child within this State, knowing that possession of the child was obtained by another relative in violation of this section; or 

(4) act as an accessory to an act prohibited by this section. 
 

[An. Code 1957, art. 27, § 2A; 1984, ch. 296, § 2; 1995, ch. 227; 2009, ch. 666.]