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<section article="gfl" article_name="Family Law" number="5-351" title_number="5" title_name="Children" subtitle_number="3" subtitle_name="Guardianship to and Adoption Through Local Department">
  <level label="a">
    <text>Consent of a party to an adoption under this Part IV of this subtitle is not valid unless:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>the consent is given in a language that the party understands;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>if given in a language other than English, the consent:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>is given before a judge on the record; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <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="3">
      <text>the consent names the child;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>the consent contains enough information to identify the prospective adoptive parent; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>the party has received written notice or on-the-record notice of:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>the revocation provisions in this section;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <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="iii">
        <text>the right to file a disclosure veto under § 5-359 of this subtitle.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>A guardian may revoke consent to an adoption under this Part IV of this subtitle at any time before a juvenile court enters an order of adoption under this Part IV of this subtitle.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>A child may revoke consent to an adoption under this Part IV of this subtitle at any time before a juvenile court enters an order of adoption under this Part IV of this subtitle.</text>
  </level>
</section>
