(a) This section does not apply to an adoption by the spouse of the prospective adoptee’s parent or a relative of the prospective adoptee.
(b) A court may not enter an order under this subtitle until the petitioner files with the court an accounting of all payments and disbursements of any item of value made by or for the petitioner in connection with the adoption.
Structure Maryland Statutes
Subtitle 3B - Independent Adoption
Part II - Adoption Proceedings
Section 5-3B-12 - Authority to Place Child for Adoption
Section 5-3B-14 - Notice of Filing
Section 5-3B-15 - Order to Show Cause
Section 5-3B-16 - Investigation
Section 5-3B-17 - Hearing on Petition
Section 5-3B-19 - Considerations
Section 5-3B-20 - Authority to Grant Adoption
Section 5-3B-22 - Nonconsensual Adoption
Section 5-3B-25 - Effects of Order for Adoption
Section 5-3B-26 - Petition to Invalidate
Section 5-3B-27 - Adoption of Child Conceived by Means of Assisted Reproduction