Maryland Code, FAMILY LAW 5-313
Terms Used In Maryland Code, FAMILY LAW 5-313
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
- Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
- Person: includes an individual, receiver, trustee, guardian, personal representative, fiduciary, representative of any kind, corporation, partnership, business trust, statutory trust, limited liability company, firm, association, or other nongovernmental entity. See
- state: means :
(1) a state, possession, territory, or commonwealth of the United States; or
(2) the District of Columbia. See
(b) Only the individual who would be subject to guardianship or a local department may file a petition for guardianship under this Part II of this subtitle.
(c) A petition for guardianship of an individual shall be filed before the individual attains 18 years of age.
(d) A petitioner under this section shall attach to a petition:
(1) all written consents for the guardianship that the petitioner has;
(2) if applicable:
(i) proof of guardianship or relinquishment of parental rights granted by an administrative, executive, or judicial body of a state or other jurisdiction; and
(ii) certification that the guardianship or relinquishment was granted in compliance with the jurisdiction’s laws; and
(3) a notice of filing that:
(i) states the date on which the petition was filed;
(ii) identifies each person whose consent was filed with the petition;
(iii) states the obligation of a parent to give the juvenile court and local department notice of each change in the parent’s address;
(iv) has printed on it the website that the Department maintains under § 2-302 of the Human Services Article; and
(v) includes no identifying information that would be in violation of an agreement or consent.