Section 5-301 - Definitions(a) In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated.(b) "Caregiver" means a person with whom a child resides and who exercises responsibility for the welfare of the child.(c) "Child" means an individual who is the subject of a guardianship or adoption petition under this subtitle.(d) "Developmental disability" has the meaning stated in § 3-801 of the Courts Article.(e) "Guardianship" means an award, under this subtitle, of any power of a guardian.(f) "Identifying information" means information that reveals the identity or location of an individual.(g)(1) "Parent" means an individual who, at the time a petition for guardianship is filed under this subtitle or at any time before a court terminates the individual's parental rights: (i) meets a criterion in § 5-306(a) of this subtitle; or(2) "Parent" does not include an individual whom a court has adjudicated not to be a father or mother of a child.(h) "Party" means: (1) in a guardianship case under this subtitle:(ii) except as provided in § 5-326(a)(3)(iii) of this subtitle, the child's parent; and(iii) the local department to which the child is committed;(2) in an adoption case under Part III of this subtitle: (ii) the child's parent; and(iii) the individual seeking adoption;(3) in an adoption case under Part IV of this subtitle: (ii) the individual seeking adoption; and(4) if express reference is made to a CINA case, a governmental unit or person defined as a party in § 3-801 of the Courts Article.Amended by 2017 Md. Laws, Ch. 655,Sec. 1, eff. 10/1/2017.