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HARRY HUGHES, Governor
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(e.) The mother of a child born in wedlock, if she is
alive and has not lost her parental rights through court
action or voluntary relinquishment or abandonment, and if
the illegitimacy of the child has been established to the
satisfaction of the court; or
(f) The legal guardian of the person to be adopted, if
parental rights with right to consent to adoption, or
long-term care short of adoption, as provided in § 72 above,
has been transferred by court action to such guardian; or
(g) The executive head of any public or private child
care or child placement institution or agency which through
court action under § 72 above, or voluntary relinquishment
has been given the care, custody and control of the person
to be adopted, including the right to consent to such an
adoption, or long-term care short of adoption; or
(h) The State Department of Social Services or its
local unit within the jurisdiction of the court, in any
condition of fact not hereinbefore covered.
Any consent obtained under the provisions of this
section may be revoked and cancelled at any time before
final decree, but not after a guardianship decree under § 72
above, if one be had, or not after an interlocutory decree,
if one be had.
[Minority of a natural parent shall not place such
parent under a disability in adoption or guardianship
proceedings under this subtitle and such parent, if he has
attained the age of eighteen (18) years, may give a valid
consent to adoption or guardianship under this subtitle
and/or join as a party in such proceedings and shall be
considered sui juris and no adoption or guardianship under
this subtitle shall be invalidated because of the minority
of a natural parent.]
SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act
shall take effect July 1, 1982.
June 1, 1982
The Honorable Benjamin L. Cardin
Speaker of the House of Delegates
State House
Annapolis, Maryland 21404
Dear Mr. Speaker:
In accordance with Article II, Section 17 of the
Maryland Constitution, I have today vetoed House Bill 903.
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