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<section article="gfl" article_name="Family Law" number="5-3B-21" title_number="5" title_name="Children" subtitle_number="3B" subtitle_name="Independent Adoption">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Consent of a parent may include a waiver of rights 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 adoption under this subtitle is not valid unless the consent:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>is given after the prospective adoptee 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 consent is signed;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>the search rights of adoptees and parents under § 5-3B-29 of this subtitle and the search rights of adoptees, siblings, and parents under Subtitle 4B of this title; and</text>
        </level>
        <level label="3">
          <text>the right to file a disclosure veto under § 5-3B-29 of this subtitle;</text>
        </level>
      </level>
      <level label="v">
        <text>except as to an adoption by a spouse of the prospective adoptee’s parent or a relative of the prospective adoptee, states that the parent has been advised of the parent’s rights to:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>have independent counsel; and</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>receive adoption counseling and guidance;</text>
        </level>
      </level>
      <level label="vi">
        <text>states whether the parent chose to have or not have counsel or counseling; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="vii">
        <text>is accompanied by an affidavit of counsel appointed under § 5-3B-06 of this subtitle stating that a parent who is a minor or has a disability gives consent knowingly and voluntarily.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <level label="i">
        <text>Subject to subparagraph (ii) of this paragraph, a parent may revoke consent at any time within 30 days after the parent signs the consent.</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>A parent may not revoke consent for adoption of a prospective adoptee if:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>in the preceding year, the parent has revoked consent for or filed a notice of objection to adoption of the prospective adoptee; and</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <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="2">
      <text>A prospective adoptee may revoke consent at any time before a court enters an order of adoption under this subtitle.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
