Maryland Family Law Section 5-3A-24

CAUTION: READ FULL TEXT OF SECTION FOR SPECIAL NOTE

** SPECIAL NOTE: EFFECTIVE - JANUARY 1, 2006 - CHAPTER 464 - 2005 **

      If a petitioner becomes aware, after a court rules on a petition, that a condition of consent under § 5-3A-18(b) of this subtitle cannot be fulfilled, the petitioner promptly shall:

            (1)      file notice with the court;

            (2)      give notice to all of the other parties; and

            (3)      (i)      if the unit or person enters into a new consent, file the consent with the court;

                  (ii)      if the unit or person fails to enter into a new consent, ask the court to set aside the guardianship order; or

                  (iii)      if the unit or person cannot be located after exhaustion of the service requirements under § 5-3A-15 of this subtitle, ask the court to determine whether it is in the child's best interests to continue the guardianship despite the inability to fulfill the condition.