Current with changes from the 2024 Legislative Session
Section 5-3A-18 - Authority to grant guardianship(a) A court may grant a guardianship of a child only if:(1) each of the child's living parents consents:(ii) by failure to timely file notice of objection after being served with a show-cause order in accordance with this subtitle;(2) an administrative, executive, or judicial body of a state or other jurisdiction has granted a governmental unit or person other than a parent the power to consent to adoption, and the governmental unit or person consents; or(3) parental rights have been terminated in compliance with the laws of a state or other jurisdiction, as described in § 5-3A-05 of this subtitle.(b) A governmental unit or person:(1) may condition consent or acquiescence on adoption into a specific family that a child placement agency has approved for the placement; but(2) may not condition consent or acquiescence on any factor other than placement into a specific family.