In Re: Adoption/Guardianship of Landen W. and Hayden H.

Adoption/Guardianship: Termination of Parental Rights: Consent

CSA No. 2736, Sept. Term 2012. Unreported. Opinion by Kehoe, J. Filed Sept. 13, 2013. Appeal from Anne Arundel County. Affirmed.

The mother’s consent to termination of her parental rights was valid, pursuant to Fam. Law Art. §§5-320 and 5-321, based on the totality of the advice she was given and the terms she consented to in writing and on the record in court. While the statutes do not anticipate a hybrid approach to consent, neither do they prohibit it.

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