Maryland Statutes
Subtitle 3 - Guardianship to and Adoption Through Local Department
Part II - Guardianship

Section 5-313 - Petition - (a) Except as provided in § 5-331 of this subtitle,...

Section 5-314 - Parental Addresses - A clerk of a juvenile court shall keep a listing...

Section 5-315 - Notice of Filing - (a) Within 5 days after a petition for guardianship of...

Section 5-316 - Order to Show Cause - (a) Promptly after a petition for guardianship is filed under...

Section 5-317 - Investigations - In addition to any investigation required under § 5-323(c) of...

Section 5-318 - Hearings on Guardianship Petition - (a) (1) In addition to any hearing required under this...

Section 5-319 - Time Limits - (a) Subject to subsection (b) of this section, a juvenile...

Section 5-320 - Authority to Grant Guardianship - (a) A juvenile court may grant guardianship of a child...

Section 5-321 - Consent - (a) (1) Consent of a parent to guardianship may include...

Section 5-322 - Grant of Guardianship -- Consensual - (a) If all consents for guardianship of a child have...

Section 5-323 - Grant of Guardianship -- Nonconsensual - (a) In this section, “drug” means cocaine, heroin, methamphetamine, or...

Section 5-324 - Contents of Order - (a) In a separate order accompanying an order denying guardianship...

Section 5-325 - Effects of Order for Guardianship - (a) An order for guardianship of an individual: (1) except...

Section 5-326 - Review Hearings - (a) (1) A juvenile court shall hold: (i) an initial...

Section 5-327 - Failed Conditional Placement During Guardianship - If, after a juvenile court grants guardianship, a party becomes...

Section 5-328 - Termination of Guardianship - (a) If a local department is a child’s guardian under...