Section 5-4 - C-01. Definitions.
§ 5-4C-01. Definitions.
(a) In general.- In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated.
(b) Administration.- "Administration" means the Social Services Administration of the Department.
(c) Adoptee.- "Adoptee" means an individual:
(1) who was adopted in this State; or
(2) who was placed for adoption by:
(i) a child placement agency licensed in this State; or
(ii) a local department.
(d) Director.- "Director" means the Director of the Administration.
(e) Identifying information.- "Identifying information" means information that reveals the identity or location of an adoptee, the natural parents of an adoptee, or a natural sibling.
(f) Local department.- Repealed by Acts 2005, ch. 464, § 2, effective January 1, 2006.
(g) Natural father.- "Natural father" means a man who:
(1) was married to the adoptee's natural mother at the time of conception;
(2) was married to the adoptee's natural mother at the time of the adoptee's birth;
(3) was named as the father on the adoptee's pre-adoption birth certificate, unless the man has signed a denial of paternity or his nonpaternity has been determined by a court;
(4) was identified by the natural mother as the father of the adoptee, unless the man has signed a denial of paternity or his nonpaternity has been determined by a court;
(5) has been adjudicated to be the father of the adoptee; or
(6) has acknowledged himself orally or in writing to be the father of the adoptee.
(h) Natural sibling.- "Natural sibling" means an individual who is at least 21 years old and shares 1 or both natural parents with an adoptee.
(i) Registry.- "Registry" means the Mutual Consent Voluntary Adoption Registry.
[1986, ch. 711; 1999, ch. 320, § 1; 2004, ch. 25, § 6; 2005, ch. 464, § 2.]