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<section article="gfl" article_name="Family Law" number="5-3B-23" title_number="5" title_name="Children" subtitle_number="3B" subtitle_name="Independent Adoption">
  <text>A court may not grant a petition under § 5-3B-22 of this subtitle solely because a parent:</text>
  <level label="1">
    <text>does not have legal custody of a prospective adoptee by reason of a divorce or legal separation; or</text>
  </level>
  <level label="2">
    <text>has been deprived of custody of a prospective adoptee by an act of the other parent.</text>
  </level>
</section>
