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<section article="gfl" article_name="Family Law" number="5-3A-35" title_number="5" title_name="Children" subtitle_number="3A" subtitle_name="Private Agency Guardianship and Adoption">
  <level label="a">
    <text>A court may enter an order for a child’s adoption under this subtitle only if:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>the child placement agency consents; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>for a child who is at least 10 years old, the child 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 child placement agency 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>
  <level label="c">
    <text>Consent of a party to an adoption under this Part III 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 § 5-3A-42 of this subtitle and the search rights of adoptees, parents, and siblings under Subtitle 4B of this title; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>the right to file a disclosure veto under § 5-3A-42 of this subtitle.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <level label="1">
      <text>A child placement agency may revoke consent at any time within the later of:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>14 days after the child placement agency signs the consent; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>14 days after the adoption petition is filed.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>A child who is at least 10 years old may revoke consent at any time before a court enters an order of adoption under this subtitle.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
