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<section article="gfl" article_name="Family Law" number="5-3A-22" title_number="5" title_name="Children" subtitle_number="3A" subtitle_name="Private Agency Guardianship and Adoption">
  <level label="a">
    <text>An order for guardianship of an individual:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>except as provided in § 5-3A-23 of this subtitle, § 4-414 of the Estates and Trusts Article, and § 2-123 of the Real Property Article, terminates a parent’s duties, obligations, and rights toward the individual;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>eliminates the need for notice to a parent as to the filing of an adoption petition;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>eliminates the need for further consent of a parent to adoption of the individual; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>grants guardianship of the individual to a child placement agency.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Unless a court gives legal custody to another person, a child’s guardian under this subtitle has legal custody.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Unless a court orders otherwise and subject to review by the court, a child’s guardian may make all decisions affecting the child’s education, health, and welfare, including consenting to:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>adoption of the child;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>application by the child for a driver’s license;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>enlistment by the child in the armed forces;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>marriage of the child; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="v">
        <text>medical, psychiatric, or surgical treatment.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
