(a) Unless good cause is shown for the appointment, a court may not appoint, as a guardian of the person of a minor or disabled person, a person who has been convicted of:
(1) A felony;
(2) A crime of violence, as defined in § 14–101 of the Criminal Law Article;
(3) Assault in the second degree; or
(4) A sexual offense in the third or fourth degree or attempted rape or sexual offense in the third or fourth degree.
(b) Unless good cause is shown for the appointment, a court may not appoint, as a guardian of the property of a minor or disabled person, a person who has been convicted of a crime that reflects adversely on an individual’s honesty, trustworthiness, or fitness to perform the duties of a guardian of the property of a minor or disabled person, including fraud, extortion, embezzlement, forgery, perjury, and theft.
Structure Maryland Statutes
Title 11 - Miscellaneous Rules
Section 11-101 - Indestructibility of Contingent Remainders
Section 11-102 - Rule Against Perpetuities -- Exceptions
Section 11-102.1 - Rule Against Perpetuities -- Nondonative Property
Section 11-103 - Rule Against Perpetuities -- Limitations on Application
Section 11-104 - Rule in Shelley's Case Abolished
Section 11-105 - Death Benefits Payable to Trusts
Section 11-107 - Distribution in Kind, Using Federal Estate Tax Values
Section 11-108 - Release of Powers of Appointment
Section 11-109 - Right to Estate
Section 11-111 - Disqualification for Conviction of Unlawfully Obtaining Property
Section 11-112 - Treatment of Disqualified Persons
Section 11-113 - Posthumously Conceived Child
Section 11-114 - Prohibited Appointments as Guardian of Minor or Disabled Person