2013 Maryland Code
FAMILY LAW
§ 5-4C-01 - Definitions

(a) In general. -- In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated.

(b) Administration. -- "Administration" means the Social Services Administration of the Department.

(c) Adoptee. -- "Adoptee" means an individual:

(1) who was adopted in this State; or

(2) who was placed for adoption by:

(i) a child placement agency licensed in this State; or

(ii) a local department.

(d) Director. -- "Director" means the Director of the Administration.

(e) Identifying information. -- "Identifying information" means information that reveals the identity or location of an adoptee, the natural parents of an adoptee, or a natural sibling.

(f) Local department. -- Repealed by Acts 2005, ch. 464, § 2, effective January 1, 2006.

(g) Natural father. -- "Natural father" means a man who:

(1) was married to the adoptee's natural mother at the time of conception;

(2) was married to the adoptee's natural mother at the time of the adoptee's birth;

(3) was named as the father on the adoptee's pre-adoption birth certificate, unless the man has signed a denial of paternity or his nonpaternity has been determined by a court;

(4) was identified by the natural mother as the father of the adoptee, unless the man has signed a denial of paternity or his nonpaternity has been determined by a court;

(5) has been adjudicated to be the father of the adoptee; or

(6) has acknowledged himself orally or in writing to be the father of the adoptee.

(h) Natural sibling. -- "Natural sibling" means an individual who is at least 21 years old and shares 1 or both natural parents with an adoptee.

(i) Registry. -- "Registry" means the Mutual Consent Voluntary Adoption Registry.