2013 Maryland Code
FAMILY LAW
§ 5-3B-08 - Assessment of costs
(a) Independent counsel and counseling. -- A court may order an adoptive parent to pay, wholly or partly, reasonable fees for a former parent's:
(1) independent counsel; or
(2) adoption counseling or guidance for a reasonable time.
(b) Other costs. -- Except as provided in subsection (a) of this section, a court may assign among the parties to a case under this subtitle counsel fees, counseling or guidance fees, and costs of testing under § 5-3B-05 of this subtitle, as the court considers appropriate.
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