Kinship Care Resources

“Informal kinship care” means a living arrangement in which a relative of a child, who is not in the care, custody, or guardianship of the local department of social services, provides for the care and custody of the child due to a serious family hardship. (Md. EDUCATION Code Ann. §4-122.1 and Md. HEALTH GENERAL Code Ann.  §20-105)

A new page on the topic of  kinship care has been added to the AACPLL Self Help and Pro Bono WIKI .  Here you will find links to Maryland code sections and COMAR as well as information provided by various agencies.  The forms and information sheet handout available in the Anne Arundel County Family Self Help Center are also included.

Maryland Sentencing Guidelines Revised

The most recent issue (Vol. 7, No. 1) of the Guidelines E-News published by the  Maryland State Commission on Criminal Sentencing Policy reports on the revised Guidelines Offense Table, Appendix A of the Maryland Sentencing Guidelines Manual.  The revisions contain two new offenses added to the table as a result of legislation from the 2011 Session regarding manslaughter and weapon crimes.  These offenses are in addition to the five offenses added in November.

The Maryland Sentencing Guidelines are also available in COMAR at 14.22.01 -.02.

Maryland Regulations for Foreclosure Procedures for Residential Property

The Commissioner of Financial Regulation proposed emergency regulations for Foreclosure Procedures for Residential Property that were effective July 1, 2010.  COMAR 09.03.12 was published in the Maryland Register on July 16, 2010.  The text of the regulations in 37:15 Md. R. 986-997 (July 16, 2010) can be found at the Maryland Register Online and on the Commissioner’s website. The regulations consist of forms for the Notice of Intent to Foreclose, a Preliminary Loss Mitigation Affidavit, a Final Loss Mitigation Affidavit, a Request for Mediation, a Loss Mitigation Application (includes hardship affidavit) and Instructions, a preprinted envelope, Notice of Foreclosure Action, and instructions provided by the Maryland Office of Administrative Hearings.

The Office of the Commissioner of Financial Regulation provides these forms on their website in Word format.  It states that the forms are provided as a convenience for mortgage lenders/servicers and that consumers should obtain the forms directly from their mortgage lender/servicer.