Section 5-328 – Termination of Guardianship
(a) If a local department is a child’s guardian under this subtitle, a juvenile court: (1) retains jurisdiction until: (i) the child attains 18 years of age; or (ii) the juvenile court finds the child to be eligible for emancipation; and (2) may continue jurisdiction until the child attains 21 years of age. (b) If a juvenile court designates an individual […]
Section 5-331 – Petition
(a) Before termination of parental rights as to a child, a petition for adoption of the child may be filed only as provided in this Part III of this subtitle. (b) (1) With the consent of the local department with custody of a child, any adult may petition a juvenile court under this Part III of this subtitle […]
Section 5-332 – Parental Addresses
A clerk of a juvenile court shall keep a listing of each address given to the juvenile court for a parent under this Part III of this subtitle.
Section 5-333 – Notice of Filing
(a) Within 5 days after a petition for adoption of a child is filed under this Part III of this subtitle with a juvenile court, the clerk shall send a copy of the petition, with the notice of filing that was attached to the petition, to: (1) the local department with custody of the child; (2) each of […]
Section 5-202 – Child of Void Marriage
When a criminal or equity court of this State annuls a marriage, or when an equity court of this State decrees an absolute divorce for a reason that makes the marriage void ab initio, the court in the decree shall declare each child of the marriage to be a legitimate child of the parties to […]
Section 5-316 – Order to Show Cause
(a) Promptly after a petition for guardianship is filed under this Part II of this subtitle, a juvenile court shall issue a show–cause order that requires the party to whom it is issued to respond as required under the Maryland Rules. (b) On issuance of a show–cause order as to guardianship of a child, a petitioner shall […]
Section 5-203 – Natural Guardianship; Powers and Duties of Parents; Support Obligations of Grandparents; Award of Custody to Parent
(a) (1) The parents are the joint natural guardians of their minor child. (2) A parent is the sole natural guardian of the minor child if the other parent: (i) dies; (ii) abandons the family; or (iii) is incapable of acting as a parent. (b) The parents of a minor child, as defined in § 1–103 of the General Provisions Article: (1) are […]
Section 5-317 – Investigations
In addition to any investigation required under § 5-323(c) of this subtitle, a juvenile court may order a neutral governmental unit or neutral person to carry out any investigation that the juvenile court considers necessary to determine a child’s best interests in ruling on a petition for guardianship.
Section 5-204 – Domicile of Minor Child
(a) (1) If a minor child has only 1 parent, the domicile of the child is the same as that of the parent. (2) If the parents of a minor child live together, and the child lives with them, the domicile of the child is the same as that of the parents. (b) If the parents of a minor […]
Section 5-205 – Right to Services and Earnings of Minor Child
One parent, to the exclusion of the other parent, is entitled to the services and earnings of a minor child if: (1) that parent has been awarded custody of the child; or (2) the other parent has abandoned the child or is dead.