Ch. 574                                        1994 LAWS OF MARYLAND

2. THE PARENT'S WRITTEN CONSENT TO THE BEGINNING OF
THE STANDBY GUARDIANSHIP UNDER THIS SECTION.

(2)      SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS OF PARAGRAPHS (3) AND (4) OF THIS
SUBSECTION, THE PETITION SHALL BE ACCOMPANIED BY:

(I)       THE WRITTEN DESIGNATION OF THE STANDBY GUARDIAN
SIGNED, OR CONSENTED TO, BY EACH PERSON HAVING PARENTAL RIGHTS OVER
THE CHILD;

(II)     A COPY OF:

1.        THE DETERMINATION OF INCAPACITY OF THE PARENT;
OR

2.        THE DETERMINATION OF DEBILITATION AND THE
PARENTAL CONSENT TO THE BEGINNING OF THE STANDBY GUARDIANSHIP; AND

(III)    IF THE PETITION IS FILED BY A PERSON DESIGNATED AS
ALTERNATE STANDBY GUARDIAN, A STATEMENT THAT THE PERSON DESIGNATED
AS STANDBY GUARDIAN IS UNWILLING OR UNABLE TO ACT AS STANDBY GUARDIAN,
AND THE BASIS FOR THE STATEMENT.

(3)      IF A PERSON WHO HAS PARENTAL RIGHTS CANNOT BE LOCATED
AFTER REASONABLE EFFORTS HAVE BEEN MADE TO LOCATE THE PERSON, THE
STANDBY GUARDIAN MAY FILE A PETITION UNDER THIS SECTION WITHOUT THE
CONSENT OF THE PERSON TO THE DESIGNATION OF THE STANDBY GUARDIAN.

(4)      IF THE STANDBY GUARDIAN SUBMITS DOCUMENTATION,
SATISFACTORY TO THE COURT, OF THE REASONABLE EFFORTS TO LOCATE THE
PERSON WHO HAS PARENTAL RIGHTS, THE COURT MAY APPOINT A STANDBY
GUARDIAN UNDER THIS SECTION.

(G) THE COURT SHALL APPOINT A PERSON TO BE A STANDBY GUARDIAN
UNDER THIS SECTION IF THE COURT FINDS THAT:

(1) THE PERSON WAS DULY DESIGNATED AS STANDBY GUARDIAN;

(2)      A DETERMINATION OF INCAPACITY, OR A DETERMINATION OF
DEBILITATION AND PARENTAL CONSENT TO THE BEGINNING OF THE STANDBY
GUARDIANSHIP, HAS BEEN MADE UNDER THIS SECTION;

(3)      THE INTERESTS OF THE MINOR WILL BE PROMOTED BY THE
APPOINTMENT OF A STANDBY GUARDIAN OF THE PERSON OR PROPERTY OF THE
MINOR; AND

(4)      IF THE PETITION IS BY A PERSON DESIGNATED AS ALTERNATE
STANDBY GUARDIAN, THE PERSON DESIGNATED AS STANDBY GUARDIAN IS
UNWILLING OR UNABLE TO ACT AS STANDBY GUARDIAN.

(H) A PARENT MAY REVOKE A STANDBY GUARDIANSHIP CREATED UNDER
THIS SECTION:

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