WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor                            Ch. 574

(C)      (1) "DEBILITATION" MEANS A PERSON'S CHRONIC AND SUBSTANTIAL
INABILITY, AS A RESULT OF A PHYSICALLY INCAPACITATING ILLNESS, DISEASE, OR
INJURY, TO CARE FOR THE PERSON'S DEPENDENT MINOR CHILD.

(2) "DEBILITATED" MEANS THE STATE OF HAVING A DEBILITATION.

(D)     (1) "INCAPACITY" MEANS A PERSON'S CHRONIC AND SUBSTANTIAL
INABILITY, AS A RESULT OF MENTAL IMPAIRMENT, TO UNDERSTAND THE NATURE
AND CONSEQUENCES OF DECISIONS CONCERNING THE CARE OF THE PERSON'S
DEPENDENT MINOR CHILD, AND A CONSEQUENT INABILITY TO CARE FOR THE
CHILD.

(2) "INCAPACITATED" MEANS THE STATE OF HAVING AN INCAPACITY.

(E)     "STANDBY GUARDIAN" MEANS A PERSON:

(1)      APPOINTED BY A COURT UNDER § 13-903 OF THIS SUBTITLE AS
STANDBY GUARDIAN OF THE PERSON OR PROPERTY OF A MINOR, WHOSE
AUTHORITY BECOMES EFFECTIVE ON THE INCAPACITY OR DEATH OF THE MINOR'S
PARENT, OR ON THE CONSENT OF THE PARENT; OR

(2)      DESIGNATED UNDER § 13-904 OF THIS SUBTITLE AS STANDBY
GUARDIAN OF THE PERSON OR PROPERTY OF A MINOR, WHOSE AUTHORITY
BECOMES EFFECTIVE ON THE INCAPACITY OF THE MINOR'S PARENT, OR ON THE
DEBILITATION AND CONSENT OF THE PARENT.

13-902.

EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE PROVIDED IN THIS SUBTITLE, THE PROVISIONS OF THIS
TITLE CONCERNING A GUARDIAN OF THE PERSON OR PROPERTY OF A MINOR
SHALL APPLY TO STANDBY GUARDIANS.

13-903.

(A)     (1) SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS OF PARAGRAPHS (2) AND (3) OF THIS
SUBSECTION, A PETITION FOR THE JUDICIAL APPOINTMENT OF A STANDBY
GUARDIAN OF THE PERSON OR PROPERTY OF A MINOR UNDER THIS SECTION MAY
BE FILED ONLY BY A PARENT OF THE MINOR, AND IF FILED, SHALL BE JOINED BY
EACH PERSON HAVING PARENTAL RIGHTS OVER THE MINOR.

(2)      IF A PERSON WHO HAS PARENTAL RIGHTS CANNOT BE LOCATED
AFTER REASONABLE EFFORTS HAVE BEEN MADE TO LOCATE THE PERSON, THE
PARENT MAY FILE A PETITION FOR THE JUDICIAL APPOINTMENT OF A STANDBY
GUARDIAN.

(3)      IF THE PETITIONER SUBMITS DOCUMENTATION, SATISFACTORY TO
THE COURT, OF THE REASONABLE EFFORTS TO LOCATE THE PERSON WHO HAS
PARENTAL RIGHTS, THE COURT MAY ISSUE A DECREE UNDER THIS SECTION.

(B)     A PETITION FOR THE JUDICIAL APPOINTMENT OF A STANDBY GUARDIAN
SHALL STATE:

(1) THE DUTIES OF THE STANDBY GUARDIAN;

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