Section 5-353 – Petition to Invalidate
If a petition to invalidate an order for adoption under this Part IV of this subtitle on the basis of a jurisdictional or procedural defect is filed more than 1 year after entry of the order, a juvenile court shall dismiss the petition.
Section 5-356 – Medical and Mental Health Information
(a) A local department shall make reasonable efforts to compile and make available to a prospective adoptive parent: (1) all of the prospective adoptee’s medical and mental health records that the local department has; or (2) a comprehensive medical and mental health history of the prospective adoptee. (b) On request of an adoptive or prospective adoptive parent, a local […]
Section 5-357 – Court and Department Records
(a) (1) (i) On request of an adoptee or adoptive or former parent of an adoptee and without a showing of a need, a local department shall provide information, other than identifying information, in its adoption record on the adoptee. (ii) If a local department denies a request under this paragraph, then on petition of an adoptee or adoptive […]
Section 5-358 – Urgently Needed Medical Information
(a) If, after a hearing on a petition of an adoptee or former parent, a juvenile court is satisfied that the adoptee or blood relative of the adoptee or former parent urgently needs medical information not in local department and juvenile court records, the juvenile court may appoint an intermediary to try to contact the adoptee […]
Section 5-321 – Consent
(a) (1) Consent of a parent to guardianship may include a waiver of the right to notice of: (i) the filing of a petition under this subtitle; and (ii) a hearing under this subtitle. (2) Consent to guardianship entered into before a judge on the record shall include a waiver of a revocation period. (3) Consent of a party to guardianship […]
Section 5-339 – Consent
(a) (1) Consent of a parent to an adoption under this Part III of this subtitle may include: (i) a provision barring a petitioner from learning identifying information about the parent; and (ii) a waiver of the right to notice of further proceedings under this Part III of this subtitle. (2) Consent to adoption entered into before a judge on […]
Section 5-322 – Grant of Guardianship — Consensual
(a) If all consents for guardianship of a child have been given in accordance with this subtitle and the child has not objected, a juvenile court may enter an order for guardianship. (b) (1) Within 5 days after entry of an order under this section, a juvenile court shall give notice of the order to: (i) each party or, […]
Section 5-323 – Grant of Guardianship — Nonconsensual
(a) In this section, “drug” means cocaine, heroin, methamphetamine, or a derivative of cocaine, heroin, or methamphetamine. (b) If, after consideration of factors as required in this section, a juvenile court finds by clear and convincing evidence that a parent is unfit to remain in a parental relationship with the child or that exceptional circumstances exist that […]
Section 5-324 – Contents of Order
(a) In a separate order accompanying an order denying guardianship of a child, a juvenile court shall include: (1) a specific factual finding on whether reasonable efforts have been made to finalize the child’s permanency plan; (2) any order under Title 3, Subtitle 8 of the Courts Article in the child’s best interests; and (3) a date, no later […]
Section 5-325 – Effects of Order for Guardianship
(a) An order for guardianship of an individual: (1) except as otherwise provided in this subtitle, § 4-414 of the Estates and Trusts Article, and § 2-123 of the Real Property Article, terminates a parent’s duties, obligations, and rights toward the individual; (2) eliminates the need for a further consent by a parent to adoption of the individual; […]