Maryland Statutes
Title 5 - Children
Subtitle 3B - Independent Adoption

Part I - General Provisions

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

Section 5-3B-02 - Scope of Subtitle; Effect - (a) This subtitle applies only to an adoption that is...

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

Section 5-3B-04 - Foreign Orders - (a) In this section, “order” includes any action that, under...

Section 5-3B-05 - Paternity - (a) Unless a court excludes a man as the father...

Section 5-3B-06 - Appointed Counsel - (a) (1) In a case under this subtitle, a court...

Section 5-3B-07 - Agreement for Postadoption Contact - (a) (1) A prospective adoptive parent and parent of a...

Section 5-3B-08 - Assessment of Costs - (a) A court may order an adoptive parent to pay,...

Section 5-3B-09 - Appeal - A party to a case under this subtitle may appeal...

Part II - Adoption Proceedings

Section 5-3B-12 - Authority to Place Child for Adoption - Except for a child being placed for adoption with a...

Section 5-3B-13 - Petition - (a) Any adult or minor may be adopted under this...

Section 5-3B-14 - Notice of Filing - A court shall give notice of the filing of an...

Section 5-3B-15 - Order to Show Cause - (a) Subsection (b) of this section does not apply to...

Section 5-3B-16 - Investigation - (a) Except as provided in § 5–3B–27 of this subtitle,...

Section 5-3B-17 - Hearing on Petition - Except as provided in § 5–3B–27 of this subtitle, a...

Section 5-3B-18 - Time Limit - A court may not enter an order for adoption under...

Section 5-3B-19 - Considerations - (a) In ruling on a petition for a prospective adoptee’s...

Section 5-3B-20 - Authority to Grant Adoption - A court may enter an order for adoption only if:...

Section 5-3B-21 - Consent - (a) (1) Consent of a parent may include a waiver...

Section 5-3B-22 - Nonconsensual Adoption - (a) This section applies only if a parent affirmatively withholds...

Section 5-3B-23 - Custody - A court may not grant a petition under § 5-3B-22...

Section 5-3B-24 - Accounting - (a) This section does not apply to an adoption by...

Section 5-3B-25 - Effects of Order for Adoption - (a) This subsection does not limit the right of an...

Section 5-3B-26 - Petition to Invalidate - If a petition to invalidate an order under this subtitle...

Section 5-3B-27 - Adoption of Child Conceived by Means of Assisted Reproduction - (a) (1) This section applies only to an adoption by:...

Part III - Access to Adoption Records

Section 5-3B-28 - Urgently Needed Medical Information - (a) If, after a hearing on petition of an adoptee...

Section 5-3B-29 - Vital Records - (a) (1) In this section the following words have the...

Section 5-3B-30 - Access for Adoptive Parent - (a) Subject to subsection (b) of this section, access to...

Part IV - Prohibited Acts

Section 5-3B-32 - Prohibited Payments - (a) Except as otherwise provided by law, a person may...