Ch. 574

1994 LAWS OF MARYLAND

(2)      FILING THE REVOCATION WITH THE COURT THAT ISSUED THE
DECREE; AND

(3)      PROMPTLY NOTIFYING THE STANDBY GUARDIAN OF THE
REVOCATION.                         

(G) A PERSON WHO IS JUDICIALLY APPOINTED AS A STANDBY GUARDIAN
UNDER THIS SECTION MAY AT ANY TIME BEFORE THE BEGINNING OF THE PERSON'S
AUTHORITY RENOUNCE THE APPOINTMENT BY:

(1)      EXECUTING A WRITTEN RENUNCIATION;

(2)      FILING THE RENUNCIATION WITH THE COURT THAT ISSUED THE
DECREE; AND

(3)      PROMPTLY NOTIFYING IN WRITING THE PETITIONER OF THE
REVOCATION.

13-904.

(A)     (1) A PARENT MAY DESIGNATE A STANDBY GUARDIAN BY MEANS OF A
WRITTEN DESIGNATION:

(I)       SIGNED OR CONSENTED TO, BY EACH PERSON HAVING
PARENTAL RIGHTS OVER THE MINOR, IN THE PRESENCE OF TWO WITNESSES AT
LEAST 18 YEARS OLD, NEITHER OF WHOM IS THE STANDBY GUARDIAN; AND

(II)     SIGNED BY THE STANDBY GUARDIAN.

(2) (I) IF A PARENT IS PHYSICALLY UNABLE TO SIGN A WRITTEN
DESIGNATION, ANOTHER PERSON MAY SIGN THE DESIGNATION ON THE PARENT'S
BEHALF AND AT THE PARENT'S DIRECTION.

(II) 1. A DESIGNATION UNDER THIS PARAGRAPH SHALL BE
SIGNED IN THE PRESENCE OF THE PARENT AND TWO WITNESSES AT LEAST 18 YEARS
OF AGE, NEITHER OF WHOM MAY BE THE STANDBY GUARDIAN.

2. THE STANDBY GUARDIAN ALSO SHALL SIGN A
DESIGNATION UNDER THIS PARAGRAPH.

(B)      (1) A DESIGNATION OF A STANDBY GUARDIAN SHALL IDENTIFY THE
PARENT, THE MINOR, AND THE PERSON DESIGNATED TO BE THE STANDBY
GUARDIAN, STATE THE DUTIES OF THE STANDBY GUARDIAN, AND INDICATE THAT
THE PARENT INTENDS FOR THE STANDBY GUARDIAN TO BECOME THE MINOR'S
GUARDIAN IN THE EVENT THE PARENT EITHER:

(I)       BECOMES INCAPACITATED; OR

(II)     BECOMES DEBILITATED AND CONSENTS TO THE BEGINNING
OF THE STANDBY GUARDIAN'S AUTHORITY.

(2) A PARENT MAY DESIGNATE AN ALTERNATE STANDBY GUARDIAN IN
THE SAME WRITING AND BY THE SAME MANNER AS THE DESIGNATION OF A
STANDBY GUARDIAN.

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