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§ 5-3A-03. Statement of findings; purposes

West's Annotated Code of MarylandFamily Law

West's Annotated Code of Maryland
Family Law (Refs & Annos)
Title 5. Children (Refs & Annos)
Subtitle 3a. Private Agency Guardianship and Adoption (Refs & Annos)
Part I. General Provisions (Refs & Annos)
MD Code, Family Law, § 5-3A-03
§ 5-3A-03. Statement of findings; purposes
Currentness
Statement of findings
(a) The General Assembly finds that the policies and procedures of this subtitle are desirable and socially necessary.
Purposes
(b) The purposes of this subtitle are to:
(1) timely provide permanent and safe homes for children consistent with their best interests;
(2) protect children from unnecessary separation from their parents;
(3) ensure adoption only by individuals fit for the responsibility;
(4) protect parents from making hurried or ill-considered agreements to terminate parental rights;
(5) protect prospective adoptive parents by providing them information about prospective adoptees and their backgrounds; and
(6) protect adoptive parents from a future disturbance of their relationship with adoptees by former parents.

Credits

Added by Acts 2005, c. 464, § 3, eff. Jan. 1, 2006.
MD Code, Family Law, § 5-3A-03, MD FAMILY § 5-3A-03
Current through legislation effective through April 9, 2023, from the 2024 Regular Session of the General Assembly. Some statute sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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