Current with changes from the 2024 Legislative Session
Section 5-3B-01 - Definitions(a) In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated.(b) "Assisted reproduction" has the meaning stated in § 5-1001 of this title.(c) "Identifying information" means information that reveals the identity or location of an individual.(d) "Mother" has the meaning stated in § 5-1001 of this title.(e)(1) "Parent" means an individual who, at any time before a court enters an order for adoption under this subtitle: (i) meets a criterion in § 5-3B-05(a) of this subtitle;(iii) is a parent or is presumed to be a parent under Title 1, Subtitle 2 of the Estates and Trusts Article.(2) "Parent" does not include an individual whom a court has adjudicated not to be a father or mother.(f) "Prospective adoptee" means an individual who is the subject of a petition for adoption under this subtitle.Amended by 2019 Md. Laws, Ch. 438,Sec. 1, eff. 6/1/2019.Amended by 2019 Md. Laws, Ch. 437,Sec. 1, eff. 6/1/2019.