1504 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [ CH. 599

(2) To report to the Court the findings of such investi-
gation in a written report.

(3) To recommend to the Court whether a final decree
declaring the adoption prayed for in the petition should be
immediately granted, or whether the Court should pass an
interlocutory decree granting temporary custody of the per-
son to be adopted to the petitioner or petitioners, as here-
inafter set forth. Any written report submitted to the Court
shall be filed with, and become" part of, the records in the
case.

85J. (Hearing.) If no investigation is ordered by the Court
or if no report be filed within 60 days, or such time as extended
by the Court, after a copy of the petition and the order pro-
viding for the report is served upon the agency directed to
make the investigation, or if a report is filed recommending
that the petition be either granted or denied, the Court may
proceed with a hearing upon the petition and pass such order
or decree as it may deem proper in the premises.

If a report is duly filed and it contains a recommenda-
tion that it would be for the best interests of the minor that
the petitioner or petitioners should have the custody of the
minor for a trial period, the Court shall upon hearing had
either pass a final decree or an interlocutory decree of adop-
tion granting to the petitioner, or petitioners, the temporary
custody of the child for a limited period of time, not to exceed:
one (1) year, the Court, in the meantime, retaining jurisdic-
tion of the case, or take such other action as in its discretion
it may deem to be in the best interests of the minor.

The Court may revoke its interlocutory decree for good
cause shown at any time before the entry of the final decree,
either on its own motion or on the motion of one of the par-
ties to the adoption. After such revocation notice shall be
given thereof to all those persons or parties who were given
notice of the original petition for adoption, and an oppor-
tunity for all such interested persons or parties to be heard.

All hearings with reference to adoption shall be of a con-
fidential nature with as much privacy as the Court may
approve.

85K. (Legal Effect of Interlocutory Decree of Adoption.)
From and after the entry of an interlocutory decree of adop-
tion or from and after the entry of a final decree of adop-
tion where no such interlocutory decree is entered, the fol-
lowing legal effects shall result:

(a) Except as otherwise expressly provided in this sec-
tion, the person adopted shall be, to all intents and purposes,