Section 5-303 - Statement of findings; purposes. - Maryland Statutes

§ 5-303. Statement of findings; purposes.
 

(a)  Statement of findings.- The General Assembly finds that the policies and procedures of this subtitle are desirable and socially necessary. 

(b)  Purposes.- The purposes of this subtitle are to: 

(1) timely provide permanent and safe homes for children consistent with their best interests; 

(2) protect children from unnecessary separation from their parents; 

(3) ensure adoption only by individuals fit for the responsibility; 

(4) protect parents from making hurried or ill-considered agreements to terminate parental rights; 

(5) protect prospective adoptive parents by giving them information about children and their backgrounds; and 

(6) protect adoptive parents from future disturbances of their relationships with children by former parents. 
 

[2005, ch. 464, § 3.]