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<section article="gfl" article_name="Family Law" number="5-348" 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 the adoption petition under this Part IV of this subtitle promptly but no later than 180 days after the petition is filed.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>A juvenile court may not enter an order for adoption of a child under this Part IV of this subtitle before the later of:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>30 days after the birth of the child; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>10 days after the notice is served under § 5-346 of this subtitle.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
