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<section article="gfl" article_name="Family Law" number="5-346" title_number="5" title_name="Children" subtitle_number="3" subtitle_name="Guardianship to and Adoption Through Local Department">
  <level label="a">
    <text>Within 5 days after a petition for adoption of a child is filed under this Part IV of this subtitle with a juvenile court, the clerk shall send a copy of the petition, with the notice of filing that was attached to the petition, to:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>the local department; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>the child’s last attorney of record in the guardianship case.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>Notice under this section shall be by first-class mail.</text>
  </level>
</section>
