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<section article="gfl" article_name="Family Law" number="5-339" 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 an adoption under this Part III of this subtitle may include:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>a provision barring a petitioner from learning identifying information about the parent; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>a waiver of the right to notice of further proceedings under this Part III of this subtitle.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Consent to adoption entered into before a judge on the record shall include a waiver of the revocation period.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>Consent of a party to an adoption under this Part III of this subtitle 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 consent names the child;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>the consent contains enough information to identify the prospective adoptive parent;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="v">
        <text>the party has received written notice or on–the–record notice of:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>the revocation provisions in subsections (a)(2) and (b)(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; and</text>
        </level>
      </level>
      <level label="vi">
        <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>Subject to paragraph (2) of this subsection, a parent may revoke consent to adoption under this Part III of this subtitle at any time within the later of:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>30 days after the parent signs the consent; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>30 days after the adoption petition is filed.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Consent to adoption under subsection (a)(2) of this section is irrevocable.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>A local department may revoke consent to an adoption under this Part III of this subtitle at any time before a juvenile court enters an order of adoption under this Part III of this subtitle.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>A child may revoke consent or object to an adoption under this Part III of this subtitle at any time before a juvenile court enters an order of adoption under this Part III of this subtitle.</text>
  </level>
</section>
