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<section article="gfl" article_name="Family Law" number="5-321" title_number="5" title_name="Children" subtitle_number="3" subtitle_name="Guardianship to and Adoption Through Local Department">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Consent of a parent to guardianship may include a waiver of the right to notice of:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>the filing of a petition under this subtitle; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>a hearing under this subtitle.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Consent to guardianship entered into before a judge on the record shall include a waiver of a revocation period.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>Consent of a party to guardianship is not valid unless:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>the consent is given in a language that the party understands;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>if given in a language other than English, the consent:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>is given before a judge on the record; or</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>is accompanied by the affidavit of a translator stating that the translation of the document of consent is accurate;</text>
        </level>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>the party has received written notice or on–the–record notice before a judge of:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>the revocation provisions in subsections (a)(2) and (c)(1) of this section;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>the search rights of adoptees and parents under § 5–359 of this subtitle and the search rights of adoptees, parents, and siblings under Subtitle 4B of this title; and</text>
        </level>
        <level label="3">
          <text>the right to file a disclosure veto under § 5–359 of this subtitle;</text>
        </level>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>if signed after counsel enters an appearance for a parent, the consent is accompanied by an affidavit of counsel stating that:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>counsel reviewed the consent with the parent; and</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>the parent consents knowingly and voluntarily; and</text>
        </level>
      </level>
      <level label="v">
        <text>the consent is accompanied by an affidavit of counsel appointed under § 5–307(a) of this subtitle stating that a parent who is a minor or has a disability consents knowingly and voluntarily.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Whenever a local department receives consent to guardianship of an individual before a guardianship petition is filed, the local department promptly shall:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>file the consent in the individual’s CINA case; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>serve a copy of the consent on:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>each living parent of the individual;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>the parent’s last attorney of record in the CINA case; and</text>
        </level>
        <level label="3">
          <text>the individual’s last attorney of record in the CINA case.</text>
        </level>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Whenever a party obtains consent to guardianship after a guardianship petition is filed, the party promptly shall:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>file the consent with the juvenile court in which the petition is pending; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>serve a copy of the consent on each other party.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Subject to paragraph (2) of this subsection, a person may revoke consent to guardianship any time within the later of:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>30 days after the person signs the consent; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>30 days after the consent is filed as required under this section.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Consent to guardianship under subsection (a)(2) of this section is irrevocable.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>If, at any time before a juvenile court enters an order for adoption of a child, the juvenile court finds that a condition of consent to guardianship will not be fulfilled, the consent or acquiescence becomes invalid.</text>
  </level>
</section>
