1. (a) A court may grant a guardianship of a child only if:

   1. (1) each of the child's living parents consents:

      1. (i) in writing; or
      2. (ii) by failure to timely file notice of objection after being served with a show-cause order in accordance with this subtitle;
   2. (2) an administrative, executive, or judicial body of a state or other jurisdiction has granted a governmental unit or person other than a parent the power to consent to adoption, and the governmental unit or person consents; or
   3. (3) parental rights have been terminated in compliance with the laws of a state or other jurisdiction, as described in § 5-3A-05 of this subtitle.

2. (b) A governmental unit or person:

   1. (1) may condition consent or acquiescence on adoption into a specific family that a child placement agency has approved for the placement; but
   2. (2) may not condition consent or acquiescence on any factor other than placement into a specific family.

Added by Acts 2005, c. 464, § 3, eff. Jan. 1, 2006. Amended by Acts 2006, c. 365, § 2, eff. June 1, 2006.