{"data":{"id":"us-md/md.-code-family-law-5-325","jurisdiction":"us-md","citation":"Md. Code, Family Law § 5–325","heading":"","body":"(a) An order for guardianship of an individual:\n(1) except as otherwise provided in this subtitle, § 4-414 of the Estates and Trusts Article, and § 2-123 of the Real Property Article, terminates a parent’s duties, obligations, and rights toward the individual;\n(2) eliminates the need for a further consent by a parent to adoption of the individual;\n(3) grants a local department guardianship with the right to consent to the individual’s adoption or other planned permanent living arrangement; and\n(4) terminates the individual’s CINA case.\n(b) (1) Unless a juvenile court gives legal custody to another person, a child’s guardian under this subtitle has legal custody.\n(2) (i) Unless a juvenile court orders otherwise and subject to review by the juvenile court, a child’s guardian may make all decisions affecting the child’s education, health, and welfare, including consenting:\n1. to adoption of the child;\n2. to application by the child for a driver’s license;\n3. to enlistment by the child in the armed forces;\n4. to marriage of the child; and\n5. subject to subparagraphs (ii) and (iii) of this paragraph, to medical, psychiatric, or surgical treatment.\n(ii) A child’s guardian:\n1. may have the child admitted to an inpatient psychiatric facility in accordance with the standards for emergency commitment in § 10-617 of the Health - General Article for not more than 20 days;\n2. except as provided in item 1 of this subparagraph, may not place the child in an inpatient psychiatric facility without express authorization of the juvenile court.\n(iii) 1. A child’s guardian may not withhold or withdraw a life-sustaining procedure without the prior authorization of a juvenile court.\n2. In deciding whether to grant authorization, a juvenile court shall apply the factors set forth in § 13-711(b) of the Estates and Trusts Article.\n(3) A local department shall notify a juvenile court, a child’s attorney, and the attorney for each other party who has not waived the right to notice:\n(i) within 2 business days after the child’s placement changes or the time required under § 5-326(b) of this subtitle, whichever is shorter;\n(ii) within 2 business days after the child is placed in a psychiatric facility; or\n(iii) within 2 business days after the child is absent from a placement for more than a week.\n(4) A local department shall give a child’s attorney the child’s new address and telephone number within 2 business days after the address or telephone number changes.","path":["Article - Family Law"],"source_url":"https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Laws/StatuteText?article=gfl\u0026section=5-325","current_through":"2026-01-01","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T19:58:17Z","sha256":"9b814c2a5fb4a0c24fe133404bc780d99cb1de016490f6a9e62c42231c38fb22","source_id":"us-md","stale":false,"prev":"us-md/md.-code-family-law-5-324","next":"us-md/md.-code-family-law-5-326"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}