§ 2-401. Persons whose consent to adoption is required (a) Unless consent is not required or is dispensed with by section 2-402 of this title, in a direct placement of a minor for adoption by a parent or guardian authorized under this title to place the minor, a petition to adopt the minor may be […]
§ 2-402. Persons whose consent not required (a) Consent to an adoption of a minor is not required of: (1) a person who has relinquished parental rights or guardianship powers, including the right to consent to adoption, to an agency pursuant to this part of this article; (2) a person whose parental relationship to the […]
§ 2-403. Persons who may relinquish minor A parent or guardian whose consent to the adoption of a minor is required by section 2-401 of this title may relinquish to an agency all rights with respect to the minor, including legal and physical custody and the right to consent to the minor’s adoption. (Added 1995, […]
§ 2-404. Time and prerequisites for execution of consent or relinquishment (a) A parent whose consent to the adoption of a minor is required by section 2-401 of this title may not execute a consent or a relinquishment sooner than 36 hours after the minor is born. A parent who executes a consent or relinquishment […]
§ 2-405. Procedure for execution of consent or relinquishment (a) A consent or relinquishment executed by a parent or guardian under this title shall be signed in the presence of: (1) a judge of a court that has jurisdiction over adoption proceedings in this or in any other state; (2) a person appointed by a […]
§ 2-406. Content of consent or relinquishment (a) A consent or relinquishment required from a parent or guardian under this title shall be in writing and contain, in plain English or, if the native language of the parent or guardian is a language other than English, in that language: (1) the name, date of birth, […]
§ 2-407. Consequences of consent or relinquishment (a) Except under a circumstance stated in section 2-408 of this title, a consent to the adoption of a minor, which consent is executed by a parent or guardian in substantial compliance with sections 2-405 and 2-406 of this title, is final and irrevocable 21 days after execution, […]
§ 2-408. Revocation of consent (a) In a direct placement of a minor for adoption by a parent or guardian, and before the adoption is finalized, a consent is revoked if: (1) within 21 days after the consent is executed, a parent who executed the consent notifies the court in writing that the parent revokes […]
§ 2-409. Revocation of relinquishment (a) A relinquishment under this title is revoked if: (1) within 21 days after a relinquishment is executed, a parent who executed the relinquishment gives written notice to the court in which the relinquishment was signed and the agency to which the minor has been relinquished that the parent revokes […]
