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Ch. 504
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2005 LAWS OF MARYLAND
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(ii) Determine and document in its order whether reasonable
efforts have been made to finalize the permanency plan that is in effect;
(iii) Determine the extent of progress that has been made toward
alleviating or mitigating the causes necessitating commitment;
(iv) Project a reasonable date by which a child in placement may be
returned home, placed in a preadoptive home, or placed under a legal guardianship;
(v) Evaluate the safety of the child and take necessary measures to
protect the child; and
(vi) Change the permanency plan if a change in the permanency
plan would be in the child's best interest.
(3) Every reasonable effort shall be made to effectuate a permanent
placement for the child within 24 months after the date of initial placement.
Article - Family Law
5-319.
(b) Except as provided in subsection (g) of this section, a guardian with the
right to consent to adoption, including a guardian with the right to consent to
adoption who was appointed without the consent of the natural parents, shall file a
written report with the court and give notice of the child's status to each natural
parent of the child under the guardianship and to the child's court-appointed counsel
if:
(1) a placement for adoption is not made within 9 months of the decree of
guardianship;
(2) a placement for adoption is made within 9 months of the decree of
guardianship, but there is a disrupted placement, and a new placement is not made
within 120 days of the disrupted placement; or
(3) a final decree of adoption is not entered within 2 years after
placement for adoption.
(f) On receipt of the guardian's report under subsection (b) of this section, and
every 12 months thereafter, the court:
(1) shall hold a hearing to review the progress which has been made
toward the child's adoption and to review whether the child's current placement and
circumstances are in the child's best interest; and
(2) shall then take whatever action the court considers appropriate in
the child's best interest.
SECTION 3. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect
October 1, 2005.
Approved May 26, 2005.
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