- A. Appeal Rights. A kinship caregiver aggrieved by a local department's decision to deny, suspend, or revoke a license may appeal under COMAR 07.01.04.
- B. Exclusive Jurisdiction of Courts. A kinship caregiver may not use these procedures to appeal a court’s decision or a decision that only a court can make.
C. Expedited Appeal. A kinship caregiver who intends to adopt a child the local department has placed in the kinship caregiver’s home may appeal a local department’s decision to remove the child by advising the local department within 30 days of the removal.
- (1) The local department shall notify the Office of Administrative Hearings of the appeal; and
- (2) The Office of Administrative Hearings shall hold a hearing and issue a decision within 45 days of receiving the request.
- D. Additional Hearing Rights Under COMAR 07.02.26. If a local department removes a child in care from a kinship resource home because of a child protective services finding, the local department shall advise the kinship caregiver of the rights of the alleged maltreater to request a hearing under COMAR 07.02.26 to challenge that finding.
Effective date: March 20, 2000 (27:5 Md. R. 581)
Chapter repealed effective April 16, 2012 (39:7 Md. R. 490)
New Regulations .01 — .13 adopted effective December 12, 2024 (51:24 Md. R. 1081)