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ROBERT L. EHRLICH, JR., Governor
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Ch. 464
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"Local department" § 1-101
"Parent" § 5-301
5-334. ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE.
(A) REQUIREMENT.
PROMPTLY AFTER A PETITION FOR ADOPTION IS FILED UNDER THIS PART III OF
THIS SUBTITLE, A JUVENILE COURT SHALL ISSUE A SHOW CAUSE ORDER THAT
REQUIRES THE PARTY TO WHOM ISSUED TO RESPOND AS REQUIRED UNDER THE
MARYLAND RULES.
(B) SERVICE.
ON ISSUANCE OF A SHOW CAUSE ORDER AS TO ADOPTION OF A CHILD UNDER
THIS SECTION, A PETITIONER SHALL SERVE THE ORDER ON:
(1) EACH OF THE CHILD'S LIVING PARENTS WHO HAS NOT CONSENTED
TO THE ADOPTION;
(2) EACH LIVING PARENT'S THE LAST ATTORNEY OF RECORD IN THE
CINA CASE FOR EACH LIVING PARENT WHO HAS NOT CONSENTED TO THE ADOPTION;
AND
(3) THE CHILD'S LAST ATTORNEY OF RECORD IN THE CINA CASE.
(C) METHOD.
SERVICE UNDER THIS SECTION SHALL BE:
(1) ON A PARENT, BY:
(I) FIRST CLASS MAIL; AND
(II) 1. PERSONAL SERVICE; OR
2. CERTIFIED MAIL, RESTRICTED DELIVERY, RETURN
RECEIPT REQUESTED; AND
(2) ON AN ATTORNEY, BY:
(I) PERSONAL SERVICE; OR
(II) CERTIFIED MAIL, RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED.
(D) PARENTAL ADDRESSES.
SERVICE ON A PARENT UNDER THIS SECTION SHALL BE ATTEMPTED AS
PROVIDED IN § 5-316(D), (E), AND (F) OF THIS SUBTITLE.
COMMITTEE NOTE: Subsection (a) of this section is new and added to state
expressly the duty of a court to issue a show cause order.
Subsection (b)(1) and (3) of this section is derived from former FL §
5-322(a)(3) and, as it related to adoption, (l)(i) and (ii)2, and the
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