Maryland Code, LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT 8.3-302
(1) to care for a child during the first year after the child’s birth or after the placement of the child through foster care, kinship care, or adoption;
(2) to care for a family member with a serious health condition;
(3) because the covered individual has a serious health condition that results in the covered individual being unable to perform the functions of the covered individual’s position;
(4) to care for a service member who is the covered individual’s next of kin; or
(5) because the covered individual has a qualifying exigency arising out of the deployment of a service member who is a family member of the covered individual.