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<section article="gfl" article_name="Family Law" number="5-319" title_number="5" title_name="Children" subtitle_number="3" subtitle_name="Guardianship to and Adoption Through Local Department">
  <level label="a">
    <text>Subject to subsection (b) of this section, a juvenile court shall rule on a guardianship petition:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>within 180 days after the petition is filed; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>within 45 days after the earlier of:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>receipt of all of the consents required under this Part II of this subtitle; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>trial on the merits.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>A juvenile court may not enter an order for guardianship of a child under this subtitle before the later of:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>30 days after the birth of the child;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>expiration of the time set for revocation of consent, and not waived, under § 5–321(c) of this subtitle; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>expiration of the time to respond to the show–cause order issued under § 5–316 of this subtitle.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
