Maryland Family Law Section 5-3B-22

CAUTION: READ FULL TEXT OF SECTION FOR SPECIAL NOTE

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

      A court may not grant a petition under § 5-3B-21 of this subtitle solely because a parent:

            (1)      does not have legal custody of a prospective adoptee by reason of a divorce or legal separation; or

            (2)      has been deprived of custody of a prospective adoptee by an act of the other parent.