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<section article="gfl" article_name="Family Law" number="5-334" title_number="5" title_name="Children" subtitle_number="3" subtitle_name="Guardianship to and Adoption Through Local Department">
  <level label="a">
    <text>Promptly after a petition for adoption is filed under this Part III of this subtitle, a juvenile court shall issue a show–cause order that requires the party to whom issued to respond as required under the Maryland Rules.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>On issuance of a show–cause order as to adoption of a child under this section, a petitioner shall serve the order on:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>each of the child’s living parents who has not consented to the adoption;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>each living parent’s last attorney of record in the CINA case; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>the child’s last attorney of record in the CINA case.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>Service under this section shall be:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>on a parent, by:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>first–class mail; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <level label="1">
          <text>personal service; or</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>certified mail, restricted delivery, return receipt requested; and</text>
        </level>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>on an attorney, by:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>personal service; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>certified mail, return receipt requested.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>Service on a parent under this section shall be attempted as provided in § 5–316(d), (e), and (f) of this subtitle.</text>
  </level>
</section>
