Section 5-334 - Order to show cause. - Maryland Statutes

§ 5-334. Order to show cause.
 

(a)  Requirement.- Promptly after a petition for adoption is filed under this Part III of this subtitle, a juvenile court shall issue a show cause order that requires the party to whom issued to respond as required under the Maryland Rules. 

(b)  Service.- On issuance of a show cause order as to adoption of a child under this section, a petitioner shall serve the order on: 

(1) each of the child's living parents who has not consented to the adoption; 

(2) each living parent's last attorney of record in the CINA case; and 

(3) the child's last attorney of record in the CINA case. 

(c)  Method.- Service under this section shall be: 

(1) on a parent, by: 

(i) first-class mail; and 

(ii) 1. personal service; or 

2. certified mail, restricted delivery, return receipt requested; and 

(2) on an attorney, by: 

(i) personal service; or 

(ii) certified mail, return receipt requested. 

(d)  Parental addresses.- Service on a parent under this section shall be attempted as provided in § 5-316(d), (e), and (f) of this subtitle. 
 

[2005, ch. 25, § 13; ch. 464, § 3; 2006, ch. 365, § 2.]