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<section article="gfl" article_name="Family Law" number="5-350" title_number="5" title_name="Children" subtitle_number="3" subtitle_name="Guardianship to and Adoption Through Local Department">
  <level label="a">
    <text>A juvenile court may enter an order for a child’s adoption under this Part IV of this subtitle only if:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>for an individual under the age of 18 years, the individual’s guardian consents; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>for an individual who is at least 10 years old, the individual consents.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <level label="i">
        <text>In this subsection, “disability” means:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more of an individual’s major life activities;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>a record of having a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more of an individual’s major life activities; or</text>
        </level>
        <level label="3">
          <text>being regarded as having a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more of an individual’s major life activities.</text>
        </level>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>“Disability” shall be construed in accordance with the ADA Amendments Act of 2008, P.L. 110–325.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>A guardian may not withhold consent for the sole reason that:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>the race, religion, color, or national origin of a prospective adoptive parent differs from that of the child or parent; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>a prospective adoptive parent has a disability.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
