Md. Code, Family Law § 5-4C-02
This is the official text of Md. Code, Family Law § 5-4C-02, part of Maryland’s Code, Family Law — governs marriage, divorce, child custody and support, and adoption.
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§5–4C–02.
Official statutory text
The purpose of this subtitle is to:
(1) establish within the Administration a Mutual Consent Voluntary Adoption Registry where natural parents, adoptees, and natural siblings may register if they wish to have identifying information released to each other; and
(2) provide for the disclosure of identifying information to natural parents, adoptees, and natural siblings who have registered with the Mutual Consent Voluntary Adoption Registry.
(1) establish within the Administration a Mutual Consent Voluntary Adoption Registry where natural parents, adoptees, and natural siblings may register if they wish to have identifying information released to each other; and
(2) provide for the disclosure of identifying information to natural parents, adoptees, and natural siblings who have registered with the Mutual Consent Voluntary Adoption Registry.
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