§ 5-3A-01. Definitions

   (a) In general. -- In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated.

(b) Child. -- "Child" means an individual who is the subject of a guardianship or adoption petition under this subtitle.

(c) Guardianship. -- "Guardianship" means an award, under this subtitle, of any power of a guardian.

(d) Identifying information. -- "Identifying information" means information that reveals the identity or location of an individual.

(e) Parent. --

   (1) "Parent" means an individual who, at the time a petition for guardianship or adoption is filed under this subtitle or at any time before a court terminates the individual's parental rights:

      (i) meets a criterion in § 5-3A-06(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.

HISTORY: 2005, ch. 464, § 3.