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

In ruling on a petition for adoption, the court shall
make the considerations required by Code, Family Law Article:
(A) §5-337 in a Public Agency Adoption without Prior TPR;
(B) §5-349 in a Public Agency Adoption after TPR;
(C) §5-3A-34 in a Private Agency Adoption; or
(D) §5-3B-19 in an Independent Adoption.
(2) (3) Findings by the Court
record whether:
In an adoption action, the court shall determine on the
(A) Necessary consents have been filed;
(B) Any required consents have been revoked;
Cross reference: Rules 9-111 (b) and 9-112 (a).
(C) Appropriate notices have been served;
(D) Any investigative reports are in order have been filed;
(E) All questioned or disputed issues have been resolved;
(F) In a contested case a nonconsensual independent
adoption, where adoption will terminate a parent's rights, the
parents are unfit or extraordinary circumstances exist whether
the findings required by Code, Family Law Article, §5-3B-21 have
been met;
(G) The adoptive parents are fit and proper to be the
parents of the person to be adopted;
(H) The best interests of the person to be adopted will be
served by the adoption; and
(I) Other appropriate matters have been resolved.
Cross reference: See Code, Family Law Article, §§5-337 as to a
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