1. (a)

   1. (1) A child placement agency shall file a written report with a court with jurisdiction over a child whenever:

      1. (i) the child placement agency fails to place the child for adoption with a preadoptive parent, as defined in § 3-823(i)(1) of the Courts Article:

         1. 1. within 270 days after being awarded guardianship; or
         2. 2. within 180 days after permanently removing the child from another placement; or
      2. (ii) a court does not enter a final order of adoption within 2 years after the placement.
   2. (2) A report under this subsection shall state each reason for the delay in placement or adoption.

2. (b)

   1. (1) Whenever a child placement agency files a report under this section, the child placement agency shall mail notice of the child's status:

      1. (i) to each of the child's living parents who has not waived the right to notice and, if represented, counsel; and
      2. (ii) if a court appointed counsel for the child under this subtitle, to the child's last attorney of record.

   2. (2) A waiver of rights under this subsection is not valid unless the waiver appears expressly in:

      1. (i) the parent's consent to guardianship; and
      2. (ii) the guardianship order.

3. (c)

   1. (1) Whenever a court receives a report under this section, the court shall hold a hearing to:

      1. (i) review the progress that the child placement agency has made toward adoption of the child; and
      2. (ii) take all actions that the court considers to be in the child's best interests.
   2. (2) Each year after a hearing under paragraph (1) of this subsection until the court's jurisdiction terminates, the court shall hold another review hearing.

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