# Family Law (GFL)

## Title 5. Children

### Subtitle 4. Adoption Subsidy Act

#### Section 5-411

An individual who is aggrieved by a final decision of the director of a local department that denies eligibility or reduces or terminates a subsidy in a contested case may:

(1) appeal that decision to the administrative appellate authority designated by rule or regulation; and

(2) then take any further appeal allowed by the Administrative Procedure Act.

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Md. Code Ann., Fam. Law (as displayed at mgaleg.maryland.gov, October 16, 2026)