WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor                            Ch. 574

(1)      BEFORE THE FILING OF A PETITION, BY NOTIFYING THE STANDBY
GUARDIAN VERBALLY OR IN WRITING OR BY ANY OTHER ACT THAT IS EVIDENCE
OF A SPECIFIC INTENT TO REVOKE THE STANDBY GUARDIANSHIP; AND

(2)      IF A PETITION HAS BEEN FILED BY:

(I)       EXECUTING A WRITTEN REVOCATION;

(II)     FILING THE REVOCATION WITH THE COURT IN WHICH THE
PETITION WAS FILED; AND

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

(I) 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 PARENT OF THE
REVOCATION.

13-905.

A STANDBY GUARDIAN MAY ALSO FILE A PETITION FOR APPOINTMENT AS
GUARDIAN IN ANY OTHER MANNER PERMITTED BY THIS TITLE, ON NOTICE TO THE
PARENT, AND MAY APPEND A DESIGNATION OF A STANDBY GUARDIAN TO THE
PETITION FOR CONSIDERATION BY THE COURT IN THE DETERMINATION OF THE
PETITION.

13-906.

(A) (1) A DETERMINATION OF INCAPACITY OR DEBILITATION UNDER THIS
SUBTITLE SHALL:

(I)       BE MADE BY THE ATTENDING PHYSICIAN TO A REASONABLE
DEGREE OF MEDICAL CERTAINTY;

(II)     BE IN WRITING; AND

(III)    CONTAIN THE ATTENDING PHYSICIAN'S OPINION REGARDING
THE CAUSE AND NATURE OF THE PARENT'S INCAPACITY OR DEBILITATION, AND
THE EXTENT AND PROBABLE DURATION OF THE INCAPACITY OR DEBILITATION.

(2) IF A STANDBY GUARDIAN'S IDENTITY IS KNOWN TO AN ATTENDING
PHYSICIAN, THE ATTENDING PHYSICIAN SHALL PROVIDE A COPY OF A
DETERMINATION OF INCAPACITY OR DEBILITATION TO THE STANDBY GUARDIAN.

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