r1r STANDING COMMITTEE ON RULES OF PRACTICE - Maryland ...

WHETHER THE PETITION REQUESTS ADOPTION OR GUARDIANSHIP, IF YOU
DO NOT MAKE SURE THAT THE COURT RECEIVES YOUR NOTICE OF OBJECTION
ON OR BEFORE THE DEADLINE STATED ABOVE, YOU HAVE AGREED TO A THE
TERMINATION OF YOUR PARENTAL RIGHTS.
3. Right to an Attorney
(a) You have the right to consult speak with an attorney and
obtain independent legal advice.
(b) An attorney may already have been appointed for you based
on statements in the petition. If you have been notified that an
attorney has been appointed and has already contacted for you,
you should consult speak immediately with that attorney.
(c) If an attorney has not already contacted you, you may be
entitled to have the court appoint an attorney for you if:
or
(1) you are the person to be adopted and:
(A) you are at least ten years old but are not yet 18;
(B) you are at least ten years old and have a
disability that makes you incapable of consenting to the adoption
or of participating effectively in the proceeding.
(2) you are the person to be adopted or the person for whom
a guardian is sought and the proceeding involves the involuntary
termination of the parental rights of your parents.
(3) you are a parent of the person to be adopted or for
whom a guardian is sought and:
(A) you are under 18 years of age; or
(B) because of a disability, you are incapable of
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