Maryland Statutes
Title 5 - Children
Subtitle 3 - Guardianship to and Adoption Through Local Department

Part I - General Provisions

Section 5-301 - Definitions - (a) In this subtitle the following words have the meanings...

Section 5-302 - Scope of Subtitle - (a) This subtitle applies only to: (1) guardianship of an...

Section 5-303 - Statement of Findings; Purposes - (a) The General Assembly finds that the policies and procedures...

Section 5-304 - Relationship With Title 5, Subtitle 5 - This subtitle is related to and should be read in...

Section 5-305 - Foreign Orders - (a) In this section, “order” includes any action that, under...

Section 5-306 - Paternity - (a) Unless a court excludes a man as the father...

Section 5-307 - Appointed Counsel - (a) (1) Unless the public defender is required under §...

Section 5-308 - Agreement for Postadoption Contact - (a) (1) A prospective adoptive parent and parent of a...

Section 5-309 - Assessment of Costs - A juvenile court may assign counsel fees and costs among...

Section 5-310 - Appeal - A party to a case under this subtitle may appeal...

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...

Part III - Adoption Without Prior Termination of Parental Rights

Section 5-331 - Petition - (a) Before termination of parental rights as to a child,...

Section 5-332 - Parental Addresses - A clerk of a juvenile court shall keep a listing...

Section 5-333 - Notice of Filing - (a) Within 5 days after a petition for adoption of...

Section 5-334 - Order to Show Cause - (a) Promptly after a petition for adoption is filed under...

Section 5-335 - Hearing on Adoption Petition - (a) A juvenile court shall hold a hearing before entering...

Section 5-336 - Time Limits - (a) Subject to subsection (b) of this section, a juvenile...

Section 5-337 - Considerations - (a) In ruling on a petition for a child’s adoption...

Section 5-338 - Authority to Grant Adoption - (a) A juvenile court may enter an order for a...

Section 5-339 - Consent - (a) (1) Consent of a parent to an adoption under...

Section 5-340 - Dismissal - If a petition for adoption under this Part III of...

Section 5-341 - Order for Adoption - (a) (1) This subsection does not limit the right of...

Section 5-342 - Petition to Invalidate - If a petition to invalidate an order for adoption under...

Part IV - Adoption After Termination of Parental Rights

Section 5-345 - Petition - (a) If, after termination of parental rights as to a...

Section 5-346 - Notice of Filing - (a) Within 5 days after a petition for adoption of...

Section 5-347 - Hearing on Adoption Petition - (a) A juvenile court shall hold a hearing before entering...

Section 5-348 - Time Limits - (a) Subject to subsection (b) of this section, a juvenile...

Section 5-349 - Considerations - (a) In ruling on a petition for a child’s adoption...

Section 5-350 - Authority to Grant Adoption - (a) A juvenile court may enter an order for a...

Section 5-351 - Consent - (a) Consent of a party to an adoption under this...

Section 5-352 - Order for Adoption - (a) (1) This subsection does not limit the right of...

Section 5-353 - Petition to Invalidate - If a petition to invalidate an order for adoption under...

Part V - Access to Records

Section 5-356 - Medical and Mental Health Information - (a) A local department shall make reasonable efforts to compile...

Section 5-357 - Court and Department Records - (a) (1) (i) On request of an adoptee or adoptive...

Section 5-358 - Urgently Needed Medical Information - (a) If, after a hearing on a petition of an...

Section 5-359 - Vital Records - (a) (1) In this section the following words have the...

Section 5-360 - Access for Adoptive Parent - (a) Subject to subsection (b) of this section, access to...

Part VI - Prohibited Acts

Section 5-362 - Prohibited Payments - (a) Except as otherwise provided by law, a person may...

<< Previous

Next >>

Maryland Statutes Title 5 - Children Subtitle 3 - Guardianship to and Adoption Through Local Department

Maryland Statutes
Title 5 - Children
Subtitle 3 - Guardianship to and Adoption Through Local Department