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§ 5-3B-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 3b. Independent Adoption (Refs & Annos)
Part I. General Provisions (Refs & Annos)
MD Code, Family Law, § 5-3B-03
§ 5-3B-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 their parental rights;
(5) protect prospective adoptive parents by giving them information about prospective adoptees and their backgrounds; and
(6) protect adoptive parents from future disturbances of their relationships with adoptees by former parents.

Credits

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