Ch. 234                                    1994 LAWS OF MARYLAND

(2) This presumption may be rebutted in the manner specified in §
17-108(a)(5) and (6).]                                                 

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect
July 1, 1994.

Approved May 2, 1994.

CHAPTER 234
(House Bill 204)

AN ACT concerning

Adoption and Guardianship Proceedings - Revocation of Consent

FOR the purpose of providing that the time period for revocation of consent to adopt or
to guardianship runs from the date the consent is signed; eliminating a provision
providing for termination of right to consent by certain final decrees; altering the
time period for a court to enter certain final decrees after the birth of the
individual; altering provisions of law to prohibit a court from entering certain final
decrees until the time period for revocation has run after certain time periods; and
generally relating to revocation of consent to adoption or to guardianship.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article - Family Law
Section 5-311, 5-317(e), and 5-324
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1991 Replacement Volume and 1993 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

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