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LAWS OF MARYLAND

Ch. 731

CHAPTER 731

(House Bill 624)

AN ACT concerning

Adoption - Consent of Natural Parent - Revocation

FOR the purpose of altering the period of time during which a
consent to an adoption may be revoked after the consent has
been filed; prohibiting an individual or agency from
revoking consent to an adoption under a certain condition;
and generally relating to revocation of consent to an
adoption.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

Article - Family Law

Section 5-311

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1984 Volume and 1985 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:

Article - Family Law

5-311.

(a)  Unless the natural parents' rights have been terminated
by a judicial proceeding, an individual may not be adopted
without the consent of:

(1)  the natural mother;

(2)  the natural father; and

(3)  the individual, if the individual is at least 10
years old.

(b)  (1) If the natural parents' rights have been terminated
by a judicial proceeding, an individual may not be adopted
without the consent of:

(i) the executive head of the child placement
agency that has been awarded guardianship of the individual; and

(ii) the individual, if the individual is at
least 10 years old.

(2) The executive head of the child placement agency
may not withhold consent for the sole reason that the race of the
prospective adoptive parents is different from that of the
individual to be adopted.