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MARYLAND RULES OF PROCEDURE
TITLE 9 - FAMILY LAW ACTIONS
CHAPTER 100 - ADOPTION; GUARDIANSHIP TERMINATING
PARENTAL RIGHTS
AMEND Rule 9-113 by changing the name of the Rule, by
deleting the tagline to section (a), by deleting language from
section (a) and adding to the section language providing for an
affirmation to the court of reasonable efforts to compile a
prospective adoptee’s and the adoptee’s parents’ medical and
mental health records, by deleting section (b), and by updating
the cross reference at the end of the Rule, as follows:
Rule 9-113. MEDICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH HISTORY
(a) Duty to Provide
Except in an adoption by a stepparent or relative, the
person authorized to place a minor child for adoption shall
compile affirm to the court that the person has made reasonable
efforts to compile a medical history of the child, file it with
the court, and make it available to a prospective adoptive parent
and to the adoptive parent (1) all of the prospective adoptee’s
medical and mental health records that the person has or (2) a
comprehensive medical and mental health history of the
prospective adoptee and the prospective adoptee’s parents, except
that the records of the parents shall contain no identifying
information unless identifying information was previously
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