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<section article="gfl" article_name="Family Law" number="5-3B-19" title_number="5" title_name="Children" subtitle_number="3B" subtitle_name="Independent Adoption">
  <level label="a">
    <text>In ruling on a petition for a prospective adoptee’s adoption under this subtitle, a court shall consider:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>all factors necessary to determine the prospective adoptee’s best interests; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>any report prepared for the court.</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>In ruling on an adoption petition under this subtitle, a court may not deny the petition solely because the petitioner:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>is single or unmarried; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>has a disability.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
