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<section article="gfl" article_name="Family Law" number="5-3A-19" title_number="5" title_name="Children" subtitle_number="3A" subtitle_name="Private Agency Guardianship and Adoption">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Consent of a parent may include a waiver of the right to notice of:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>the filing of a petition under this subtitle; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>further proceedings under this subtitle.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Consent to guardianship is not valid unless the consent:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>is given after the child for whom guardianship is sought is born;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>is given in a language that the party understands;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>if given in a language other than English:</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="iv">
        <text>contains an express notice of:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>the right to revoke consent, at any time within 30 days after the person signs the consent, unless the revocation is barred under subsection (b)(2) of this section;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>the search rights of adoptees and parents under § 5-3A-42 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 § 5-3A-42 of this subtitle; and</text>
        </level>
      </level>
      <level label="v">
        <text>is accompanied by an affidavit of counsel appointed under § 5-3A-07(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 person may revoke consent to guardianship at any time within 30 days after the person signs the consent.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>A parent may not revoke consent for guardianship of a child if:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>in the preceding year, the parent has revoked consent for or filed a notice of objection to guardianship of the child; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>the child is at least 30 days old and consent is given before a judge on the record.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>If a petitioner becomes aware, before a court rules on a petition, that a condition of consent under § 5-3A-18(b) of this subtitle cannot be fulfilled, the petitioner promptly shall:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>file notice with the court;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>give notice to all of the other parties;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>if consent was received from a governmental unit or person who is not a party, give notice to that unit or person; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <level label="i">
        <text>if the unit or person enters into a new consent, file the consent with the court; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>if the unit or person fails to enter into a new consent, dismiss the petition.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
