Section 5-3 - B-01. Definitions.
§ 5-3B-01. Definitions.
(a) In general.- In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated.
(b) Identifying information.- "Identifying information" means information that reveals the identity or location of an individual.
(c) Parent.-
(1) "Parent" means an individual who, at any time before a court enters an order for adoption under this subtitle:
(i) meets a criterion in § 5-3B-05(a) of this subtitle; or
(ii) is the mother.
(2) "Parent" does not include an individual whom a court has adjudicated not to be a father or mother.
(d) Prospective adoptee.- "Prospective adoptee" means an individual who is the subject of a petition for adoption under this subtitle.
[2005, ch. 464, § 3.]