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MARYLAND RULES OF PROCEDURE
TITLE 9 - FAMILY LAW ACTIONS
CHAPTER 100 - ADOPTION; GUARDIANSHIP TERMINATING
PARENTAL RIGHTS
AMEND Rule 9-103 by changing the titling of a case in
section (a); by adding the word “effectively” to subsection
(b)(1)(K); by updating a statutory reference in subsection
(b)(1)(P); by modifying subsection (b)(2)(A)(vi) to delete
language pertaining to a “pre-placement report” and to add
language pertaining to an “adoption home study,” “criminal
background reports,” and “child abuse clearances;” by adding
language pertaining to “affidavits of translators or attorneys”
and an expanded cross reference to subsection (b)(2)(A)(viii); by
adding a new subsection (b)(2)(A)(ix) pertaining to proof of
guardianship or relinquishment of parental rights; by adding a
cross reference after subsection (b)(2)(A)(ix); by adding a new
cross reference after subsection (b)(2)(A)(x); by adding language
to subsection (b)(2)(A)(xi) pertaining to retraction of language
in adoption agreements; by adding a cross reference after
subsection (b)(2)(A)(xi); by adding the phrase “if applicable”
to subsection (b)(2)(A)(xiii); by adding subsection (b)(2)(A)
(xiv) pertaining to a notice of filing; by adding the phrase
“if applicable” to subsection (b)(2)(B)(i); by adding a cross
reference after subsection (b)(2)(B)(i); by updating the cross
reference after subsection (b)(2)(B)(iii), by deleting language
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