Maryland Statutes
Title 5 - Children
Subtitle 3A - Private Agency Guardianship and Adoption

Part I - General Provisions

Section 5-3A-01 - Definitions - (a) In this subtitle the following words have the meanings...

Section 5-3A-02 - Scope of Subtitle - (a) This subtitle applies only to: (1) guardianship by a...

Section 5-3A-03 - Statement of Findings; Purposes - (a) The General Assembly finds that the policies and procedures...

Section 5-3A-04 - Relationship With Title 5, Subtitle 5 - This subtitle is related to and should be read in...

Section 5-3A-05 - Foreign Orders - (a) In this section, “order” includes any action that, under...

Section 5-3A-06 - Paternity - (a) Unless a court excludes a man as the father...

Section 5-3A-07 - Appointed Counsel - (a) (1) In a case under this subtitle, a court...

Section 5-3A-08 - Agreement for Postadoption Contact - (a) (1) A prospective adoptive parent and parent of a...

Section 5-3A-09 - Costs - A court may assign among the parties to a case...

Section 5-3A-10 - Appeal - A party to a case under this subtitle may appeal...

Part II - Guardianship Proceeding

Section 5-3A-13 - Petition - (a) Only a child placement agency may petition for guardianship...

Section 5-3A-14 - Notice of Filing - (a) Within 5 days after a petition for guardianship of...

Section 5-3A-15 - Order to Show Cause - (a) On issuance of a show–cause order as to guardianship...

Section 5-3A-16 - Investigation - Before ruling on a guardianship petition, a court may order...

Section 5-3A-17 - Time Limits - (a) Subject to subsection (b) of this section, a court...

Section 5-3A-18 - Authority to Grant Guardianship - (a) A court may grant a guardianship of a child...

Section 5-3A-19 - Consent - (a) (1) Consent of a parent may include a waiver...

Section 5-3A-20 - Grant of Guardianship -- Consensual - (a) If all consents for guardianship of a child have...

Section 5-3A-21 - Contents of Order - In an order entered under this subtitle, a court shall...

Section 5-3A-22 - Effects of Order for Guardianship - (a) An order for guardianship of an individual: (1) except...

Section 5-3A-23 - Guardianship Review - (a) (1) A child placement agency shall file a written...

Section 5-3A-24 - Failed Conditional Consent During Guardianship - If a petitioner becomes aware, after a court rules on...

Section 5-3A-25 - Termination of Guardianship - (a) Unless terminated sooner, a court retains jurisdiction over a...

Part III - Adoption

Section 5-3A-29 - Petitioner - (a) Any adult may petition a court for an adoption...

Section 5-3A-30 - Notice of Filing - A petitioner for adoption under this subtitle shall give notice...

Section 5-3A-31 - Report - Before a court enters an order for adoption of a...

Section 5-3A-32 - Hearing on Adoption Petition - A court shall hold a hearing before entering an order...

Section 5-3A-33 - Time Limits - A court may not enter an order for adoption under...

Section 5-3A-34 - Considerations - (a) In ruling on a petition for a child’s adoption...

Section 5-3A-35 - Authority to Grant Adoption - (a) A court may enter an order for a child’s...

Section 5-3A-36 - Order for Adoption - (a) (1) This subsection does not limit the right of...

Section 5-3A-37 - Petition to Invalidate - If a petition to invalidate an order for adoption under...

Part IV - Access to Adoption Records

Section 5-3A-39 - Medical and Mental Health Information - (a) A child placement agency shall make reasonable efforts to...

Section 5-3A-40 - Court and Agency Records - (a) (1) (i) On request of an adoptee or adoptive...

Section 5-3A-41 - Urgently Needed Medical Information - (a) If, after a hearing on petition of an adoptee...

Section 5-3A-42 - Vital Records - (a) (1) In this section the following words have the...

Section 5-3A-43 - Access for Adoptive Parent - (a) Subject to subsection (b) of this section, access to...

Part V - Prohibited Acts

Section 5-3A-45 - Prohibited Payments - (a) Except as otherwise provided by law, a person may...