Ch. 177                                    1996 LAWS OF MARYLAND

YEARS A CERTIFICATION, BY A DEPARTMENT ACCREDITED INSPECTOR, STATING
THAT NO EXTERIOR PAINTED SURFACE OF THE AFFECTED PROPERTY IS CHIPPING.
PEELING. OR FLAKING.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect
June 1, 1996.

Approved April 30, 1996.

CHAPTER 177
(House Bill 20)

AN ACT concerning                                                                       

Guardianship - Minors - Notice

FOR the purpose of requiring a petitioner in certain guardianship proceedings to give
notice to the attorney who represented the minor child in the juvenile proceeding
when the petition for guardianship is filed after a juvenile proceeding; clarifying
language; and generally relating to giving notice in guardianship proceedings.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article - Family Law
Section 5-322(a)
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1991 Replacement Volume and 1995 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:

Article - Family Law

5-322.

(a) (1) (i) Subject to paragraph (2) of this subsection, a petitioner shall give
to each person whose consent is required notice of the filing of a petition for adoption or
a petition for guardianship.

(ii) In addition to the notice of filing required under subparagraph (i)
of this paragraph, if a petition for guardianship is filed after a juvenile proceeding in
which the child has been adjudicated to be a child in need of assistance, a neglected child,
or an abused child, a petitioner shall give notice of the filing of the petition for
guardianship to:

1.       the attorney who represented a natural parent in the juvenile
proceeding; AND

2.       THE ATTORNEY WHO REPRESENTED THE MINOR CHILD
IN THE JUVENILE PROCEEDING.

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