WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor                            Ch. 574

(1)      THE STANDBY GUARDIAN'S RECEIPT OF A COPY OF A
DETERMINATION OF INCAPACITY UNDER § 13-906 OF THIS SUBTITLE; OR

(2)      THE STANDBY GUARDIAN'S RECEIPT OF:

(I)       A COPY OF A DETERMINATION OF DEBILITATION UNDER §
13-906 OF THIS SUBTITLE;

(II)     A COPY OF THE PARENT'S WRITTEN CONSENT TO THE
BEGINNING OF THE STANDBY GUARDIANSHIP, SIGNED BY THE PARENT IN THE
PRESENCE OF TWO WITNESSES AT LEAST 18 YEARS OF AGE, NEITHER OF WHOM IS
THE STANDBY GUARDIAN, AND SIGNED BY THE STANDBY GUARDIAN; AND

(III)    A COPY OF THE BIRTH CERTIFICATE FOR EACH CHILD FOR
WHOM THE STANDBY GUARDIAN IS DESIGNATED.

(D)     (1) IF A PARENT IS PHYSICALLY UNABLE TO SIGN A WRITTEN CONSENT
TO THE BEGINNING OF THE STANDBY GUARDIANSHIP, ANOTHER PERSON MAY SIGN
THE WRITTEN CONSENT TO THE BEGINNING OF THE STANDBY GUARDIANSHIP ON
THE PARENT'S BEHALF AND AT THE PARENT'S DIRECTION.

(2)      A CONSENT UNDER THIS SUBSECTION TO THE BEGINNING OF THE
STANDBY GUARDIANSHIP SHALL BE SIGNED IN THE PRESENCE OF THE PARENT AND
THE TWO WITNESSES AT LEAST 18 YEARS OF AGE, NEITHER OF WHOM MAY BE THE
STANDBY GUARDIAN.

(3)      THE STANDBY GUARDIAN ALSO SHALL SIGN A CONSENT TO THE
BEGINNING OF THE STANDBY GUARDIANSHIP UNDER THIS SUBSECTION.

(E)      (1) A STANDBY GUARDIAN SHALL FILE A PETITION FOR JUDICIAL
APPOINTMENT WITHIN 60 180 DAYS OF THE DATE OF THE BEGINNING OF THE
STANDBY GUARDIANSHIP UNDER THIS SECTION.

(2)      IF THE STANDBY GUARDIAN FAILS TO FILE THE PETITION WITHIN
THE TIME SPECIFIED IN THIS SUBSECTION, THE STANDBY GUARDIAN'S AUTHORITY
SHALL TERMINATE 69 180 DAYS FROM THE DATE OF THE BEGINNING OF THE
STANDBY GUARDIANSHIP.

(3)      THE STANDBY GUARDIAN'S AUTHORITY SHALL BEGIN AGAIN ON
THE FILING OF THE PETITION.

(F)      (1) A STANDBY GUARDIAN SHALL FILE A PETITION FOR APPOINTMENT
AS GUARDIAN AFTER RECEIPT OF:

(I)       A COPY OF A DETERMINATION OF INCAPACITY MADE UNDER §
13-906 OF THIS SUBTITLE; OR

(II)     COPIES OF:

1. A DETERMINATION OF DEBILITATION MADE UNDER §
13-906 OF THIS SUBTITLE; AND

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