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§ 1-101	In the estates of decedents law the following words have the meanings...
§ 1-102	When a writing is required to be verified by this article, verification...
§ 1-103	Unless personal service or some other method of notice is expressly...
§ 1-104	This article is dedicated to the memory of Roger D. Redden, Esquire....
§ 1-105	The purpose of the estates of decedents law is to simplify the administration...
§ 1-201	In the absence of express language to the contrary, the rules of...
§ 1-202	No person who has received an absolute divorce from the decedent...
§ 1-203	Degrees of relationship shall be reckoned according to the method...
§ 1-204	A relative of the half blood has the same status as a relative of...
§ 1-205	A child includes a legitimate child, an adopted child, and an illegitimate...
§ 1-206	A child born or conceived during a marriage is presumed to be the...
§ 1-207	An adopted child shall be treated as a natural child of his adopting...
§ 1-208	A child born to parents who have not participated in a marriage...
§ 1-209	In construing all provisions of the estates of decedents law and,...
§ 1-210	When provision is made for representation in this article, the shares...
§ 1-210.1	Unless a contrary intention expressly appears, subsection (b) of...
§ 1-301	All property of a decedent shall be subject to the estates of decedents...
§ 1-401	A provision in an account agreement, as defined in § 1-204(b)(2)...
§ 2-101	In the estates of decedents law, the word court means the orphans’...
§ 2-102	The court may conduct judicial probate, direct the conduct of a...
§ 2-103	The court has the same legal and equitable powers to effectuate...
§ 2-104	The Maryland Rules for the summoning of a witness, and for depositions...
§ 2-105	In a controversy in the court, an issue of fact may be determined...
§ 2-106	Except as provided in this section and unless a different time is...
§ 2-107	Except in Harford County and Montgomery County, the Governor shall...
§ 2-108	Except in Montgomery County and Harford County, the judges of the...
§ 2-109	Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, a judge of...
§ 2-201	Register means the register of wills of a county.
§ 2-202	Each register shall devote his full working time to the duties of...
§ 2-202.1	Before assuming the duties of office, each deputy and clerk of a...
§ 2-203	Except as provided in subsection (d) with respect to an estate being...
§ 2-204	At the time of assuming office, the register shall give bond to...
§ 2-205	It is the intent of this section that each register shall receive...
§ 2-206	The registers of wills are entitled to charge and collect for the...
§ 2-207	Every register shall return annually to the Comptroller a full and...
§ 2-208	In addition to other powers and duties provided for in this title,...
§ 2-209	Any will, probated, or any paper filed in the office of the register...
§ 2-210	Within five days after receiving the text of the first published...
§ 2-211	The register shall maintain in the register’s office, for the purpose...
§ 2-212	In cooperation with the registers, the Attorney General shall:
§ 2-301	The register may appoint a reasonable number of standing appraisers...
§ 2-302	Upon application by the personal representative in accordance with...
§ 2-303	An appraiser shall perform his duty expeditiously.
§ 3-101	Any part of the net estate of a decedent not effectively disposed...
§ 3-102	The share of a surviving spouse shall be as provided in this section.
§ 3-103	The net estate, exclusive of the share of the surviving spouse,...
§ 3-104	If there is no surviving issue the net estate exclusive of the share...
§ 3-105	(i)The provisions of this subsection are applicable if there is...
§ 3-106	If a person dies intestate as to a part of his net estate, property...
§ 3-107	A child of the decedent who is conceived before the death of the...
§ 3-108	Property of an illegitimate person passes in accordance with the...
§ 3-109	A person who is related to the decedent through two lines of relationship...
§ 3-110	If a descendant, ancestor, or descendant of an ancestor of the decedent,...
§ 3-111	A surviving parent is not entitled under § 3-104 of this subtitle...
§ 3-112	A surviving parent is not entitled under § 3-104 of this subtitle...
§ 3-201	The surviving spouse is entitled to receive an allowance of $5,000...
§ 3-202	The estates of dower and curtesy are abolished.
§ 3-203	In this section, "net estate" means the property of the decedent...
§ 3-204	The right of election of the surviving spouse is personal to him....
§ 3-205	The right of election of a surviving spouse may be waived before...
§ 3-206	The election by a surviving spouse to take an elective share shall...
§ 3-207
§ 3-208	Upon the election of the surviving spouse to take the elective share...
§ 3-301	A will may not be revoked by the subsequent birth, adoption, or...
§ 3-302	A child permitted to share in the estate of a decedent under § 3-301...
§ 3-303	Property distributed pursuant to § 3-302 shall be paid by the personal...
§ 4-101	Any person may make a will if he is 18 years of age or older, and...
§ 4-102	Except as provided in §§ 4-103 and 4-104, every will shall be (1)...
§ 4-103	A will entirely in the handwriting of a testator who is serving...
§ 4-104	A will executed outside this state is properly executed if it is:
§ 4-105	A will, or any part of it, may not be revoked in a manner other...
§ 4-106	If a testator makes a subsequent will intended to revoke a prior...
§ 4-107	The terms of any writing which is in existence when a will or trust...
§ 4-201	A will may be deposited by the testator, or by his agent, for safekeeping...
§ 4-202	After the death of a testator, a person having custody of his will...
§ 4-203	The robbery or larceny of a will shall be punished in the same manner...
§ 4-301	Any individual, firm, trust, partnership, unincorporated association,...
§ 4-401	A legatee, other than his spouse, who fails to survive the testator...
§ 4-402	There is a presumption that a will passes all property the testator...
§ 4-403	Unless a contrary intent is expressly indicated in the will, a legacy...
§ 4-404	Unless a contrary intent is expressly indicated in the will, property...
§ 4-405	Unless a contrary intent is expressly indicated in the will, if...
§ 4-406	Unless a contrary intent is expressly indicated in the will, a legacy...
§ 4-407	Subject to the terms of the instrument creating the power, a residuary...
§ 4-408	Unless a contrary intent is expressly indicated in the will, a legacy...
§ 4-409	A legacy for charitable use may not be void because of an uncertainty...
§ 4-410	Unless a contrary intent is expressly indicated in the will, in...
§ 4-411	A legacy may be made in form or in substance to the trustee in accordance...
§ 4-412	A legacy may be made in form or substance to the trustee under the...
§ 4-413	If probable cause exists for instituting proceedings, a provision...
§ 4-414	In this section, "will" includes another written instrument of similar...
§ 4-501	In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated.
§ 4-502	Because of the rapid medical progress in the field of tissue and...
§ 4-503	Any individual who is 18 years of age or over and who is competent...
§ 4-504	The persons listed in this section are eligible to receive gifts...
§ 4-505	A gift of all or part of the body for purposes of this subtitle...
§ 4-506	Immediately after death if the gift is made to a named donee, the...
§ 4-507	Any document of gift which has been delivered to the donee may be...
§ 4-508	The donee may accept or reject the gift. If the gift is only a part...
§ 4-509	The Chief Medical Examiner, the deputy chief medical examiner, or...
§ 4-509.1	In any case where there is a need for corneal tissue for a transplant...
§ 4-510	The provisions of this subtitle do not apply to gifts of parts of...
§ 4-511	Nothing in this subtitle invalidates any authority or instrument...
§ 4-512	In this section the following words have the meanings indicated.
§ 4-513	This subtitle may be cited as the Maryland Anatomical Gift Act.
§ 5-101	This subtitle is applicable to the portion of the probate proceeding...
§ 5-102	Unless it is admitted to administrative or judicial probate, or...
§ 5-103	The venue for administrative or judicial probate is in the county...
§ 5-104	In granting letters in administrative or judicial probate, or in...
§ 5-105	Subject to § 5-104 of this subtitle, the register or court may grant...
§ 5-106	When there are several eligible persons in a class entitled to letters,...
§ 5-201	The petition for probate shall contain all knowledge or information...
§ 5-202	The petition shall state the reasons why any information required...
§ 5-203	The petition shall indicate whether the petitioner elects administrative...
§ 5-204	The petition shall contain as appropriate a request for one or more...
§ 5-205	The petition shall also contain a request for either of the acts...
§ 5-206
§ 5-207	Regardless of whether a petition for probate has been filed, a verified...
§ 5-301	Administrative probate is a proceeding instituted by the filing...
§ 5-302	Upon a request for administrative probate contained in a petition...
§ 5-303	The register shall assume due execution of the will:
§ 5-304	Unless a timely request for judicial probate has been filed pursuant...
§ 5-401	Judicial probate is a proceeding instituted by the filing of a petition...
§ 5-402	A proceeding for judicial probate shall be instituted at any time...
§ 5-403
§ 5-404	A hearing for judicial probate is a plenary proceeding conducted...
§ 5-406	Except as provided in §§ 5-207 and 5-407, any determination made...
§ 5-407	A judicial probate may be reopened and a new proceeding held if,...
§ 5-501	A foreign personal representative is not required to take out letters...
§ 5-502	Any foreign personal representative may exercise in Maryland all...
§ 5-503	As used in this subtitle, "leasehold property" refers only to a...
§ 5-504	A foreign personal representative administering an estate which...
§ 5-505	Until the foreign personal representative pays, or secures to the...
§ 5-506	If a foreign personal representative fails within a reasonable time...
§ 5-601	If the property of the decedent subject to administration in Maryland...
§ 5-602	A petition for administration of a small estate may be filed by...
§ 5-603	If the register finds that the petition and additional information...
§ 5-604	Unless bond is expressly excused by the will or by the written waiver...
§ 5-605	Property of the decedent discovered after the filing of the petition...
§ 5-606
§ 5-607	Except to the extent inconsistent with the letter and the spirit...
§ 5-701	In this subtitle, "date of appointment" means the date of appointment...
§ 5-702	An election for modified administration may be filed by a personal...
§ 5-703	The initial time periods for filing a final report and for making...
§ 5-704	After filing an election for modified administration, the personal...
§ 5-705	An election for modified administration shall include:
§ 5-706	The consent required under § 5-702(6) of this subtitle shall state...
§ 5-707	A final report under modified administration shall include:
§ 5-708	A modified administration shall be revoked by the:
§ 5-709	An estate under modified administration shall close not later than...
§ 5-710	Except to the extent inconsistent with this subtitle, all other...
§ 5-801	An interested person may file a petition for the admission of a...
§ 5-802	A petition for admission of a copy of a will may be filed with the...
§ 5-803	The consent required under § 5–802 of this subtitle shall be in...
§ 5-804	The court may:
§ 6-101	As a condition to his appointment, a personal representative shall...
§ 6-102	Subject to the provisions of subsections (b) and (c) unless a bond...
§ 6-103	After appointment, letters shall be issued to the personal representative...
§ 6-104
§ 6-105	The duties and powers of a personal representative commence upon...
§ 6-201	A person to whom letters are first issued has exclusive authority...
§ 6-202	A successor personal representative has the same powers and duties...
§ 6-203	When two or more persons are appointed copersonal representatives,...
§ 6-204	Unless the will otherwise provides: (a) Every power exercisable...
§ 6-301	On written application of an interested person, the court may suspend...
§ 6-302	The appointment of a personal representative shall be terminated...
§ 6-303	Termination ends the right and power pertaining to the office of...
§ 6-304	The appointment of a personal representative shall be terminated...
§ 6-305	A personal representative may resign the personal representative’s...
§ 6-306	A personal representative shall be removed from office upon a finding...
§ 6-307	The appointment of a personal representative who has been appointed...
§ 6-308	A personal representative whose appointment is terminated may receive...
§ 6-401	Upon the filing of a petition by an interested party, a creditor,...
§ 6-402	The requirements for the filing of a bond, and all of the other...
§ 6-403	A special administrator shall collect, manage, and preserve property...
§ 6-404	The appointment of a special administrator terminates upon the appointment...
§ 7-101	A personal representative is a fiduciary. He is under a general...
§ 7-102	A personal representative has a right to and shall take possession...
§ 7-103
§ 7-103.1	Promptly after appointment, the personal representative of a decedent’s...
§ 7-104	Not later than 20 days after his appointment the personal representative...
§ 7-105	Whenever a personal representative discovers that a document previously...
§ 7-201	Subject to the provisions of § 7-205, and within three months after...
§ 7-202	Subject to the provisions of this section, the value of each item...
§ 7-203	Whenever property not included in the original inventory comes to...
§ 7-204	At any time before the estate is closed, the state or an interested...
§ 7-205	Within three months of the date of his appointment, a successor...
§ 7-301	A personal representative shall file written accounts of his management...
§ 7-302	The initial account of the administration of the property of the...
§ 7-303	After an initial account has been rendered, subsequent accounts,...
§ 7-305	Accounts shall be rendered by the personal representative:
§ 7-306	Upon failure to render an account or to file a certificate as required,...
§ 7-307	Inheritance taxes with respect to a distribution shall be paid by...
§ 7-401	In the performance of a personal representative’s duties pursuant...
§ 7-402	The personal representative may petition the court for permission...
§ 7-403	If the exercise of power concerning the estate is improper, the...
§ 7-404	In the absence of actual knowledge or of reasonable cause to inquire...
§ 7-501	Unless waived by the court for good cause shown, the personal representative...
§ 7-502	The personal representative shall give written notice to each creditor...
§ 7-601	A personal representative or special administrator is entitled to...
§ 7-602	An attorney is entitled to reasonable compensation for legal services...
§ 7-603	When a personal representative or person nominated as personal representative...
§ 7-604	Payment of commissions to personal representatives under § 7-601...
§ 8-101	Except as provided in § 8-104, a proceeding to enforce a claim against...
§ 8-102	Unless a contrary intent is expressly indicated in the will, a claim...
§ 8-103	Except as otherwise expressly provided by statute with respect to...
§ 8-104	Claims against an estate of a decedent may be presented as provided...
§ 8-105	If the applicable assets of the estate are insufficient to pay all...
§ 8-106	Subject to the priorities contained in § 8-105 of this subtitle,...
§ 8-107	If a personal representative intends to disallow, in whole or in...
§ 8-108	Upon the expiration of 6 months from the date of the decedent’s...
§ 8-109	The individual liability of a personal representative to third parties...
§ 8-110	Upon proof of an unsecured claim which will become due at some future...
§ 8-111	Payment of a secured claim shall be upon the basis of the full amount...
§ 8-112	If a contingent claim becomes absolute before the distribution of...
§ 8-113	In allowing a claim the personal representative may deduct a counterclaim...
§ 8-114	An execution or a levy shall not issue nor be made against property...
§ 8-115	The proceeds of a life insurance policy, annuity contract, or any...
§ 9-102	A trustee appointed by will to execute a trust contained in it may...
§ 9-103	As used in this section "legacy" or "legacies" may not include assets...
§ 9-104	Subject to the terms of the will and the needs of administration,...
§ 9-105	When distribution in kind is made, the personal representative shall...
§ 9-106	With the exception that the personal representative shall recover...
§ 9-107	When two or more heirs or legatees are entitled to distribution...
§ 9-108	The personal representative shall pay over or transfer the money...
§ 9-109	Whenever money is distributable by a personal representative to...
§ 9-111	Upon making a distribution, a personal representative may, but is...
§ 9-112	If the personal representative cannot obtain agreement from all...
§ 9-201	In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated.
§ 9-202	A person may disclaim in whole or in part any interest in or power...
§ 9-203	Except for a disclaimer under § 9-204 or § 9-205 of this subtitle,...
§ 9-204	Upon the death of a holder of jointly held property, a surviving...
§ 9-205	If a trustee disclaims an interest in property that otherwise would...
§ 9-206	If a holder disclaims a power of appointment or other power not...
§ 9-207	A disclaimer of an interest in property by an appointee of a power...
§ 9-208	If a fiduciary disclaims a power held in a fiduciary capacity that...
§ 9-209	Subject to subsections (b) through (k) of this section, delivery...
§ 9-210	A disclaimer is barred by a written waiver of the right to disclaim.
§ 9-211	If as a result of a disclaimer or transfer the disclaimed or transferred...
§ 9-212	If an instrument transferring an interest in or power over property...
§ 9-213	Except as otherwise provided in § 9-210 of this subtitle, an interest...
§ 9-214	If any provision of this subtitle or its application to any person...
§ 9-215	This subtitle does not abridge the right of a person to waive, release,...
§ 9-216	This subtitle may be cited as the "Maryland Uniform Disclaimer of...
§ 10-101	The final approval of the final account automatically closes the...
§ 10-102	After an estate has been closed, a claim not barred may be prosecuted...
§ 10-103	If no action or proceeding involving the personal representative...
§ 10-104	If property is discovered after an estate has been closed and the...
§ 10-105	Nothing in this subtitle affects the authority of a personal representative...
§ 11-101	Any contingent remainder arising under any will or inter vivos transfer...
§ 11-102	In this section, "usufructuary" means a person having a usufruct...
§ 11-102.1	In this section the following words have the meanings indicated.
§ 11-103	In applying the rule against perpetuities to an interest limited...
§ 11-104	Whenever by any form of words in any will or inter vivos conveyance,...
§ 11-105	As used in this section, the words "death benefits" mean death benefits...
§ 11-106	Unless otherwise expressly provided by a will or other controlling...
§ 11-107	Whenever a will or other governing instrument:
§ 11-108	Unless the instrument creating a power of appointment expressly...
§ 11-109	A conviction or attainder does not work corruption of blood or forfeiture...
§ 12-101	The estates of decedents law takes effect at 12:01 a.m. on July...
§ 12-102	Unless otherwise specifically provided in another section of the...
§ 12-103	Except as otherwise provided in this title, the administration on...
§ 13-101	In this title the following words have the meanings indicated.
§ 13-102	The purposes of this title are to simplify the administration of...
§ 13-103	For the purposes of this title, verification is sufficient if made...
§ 13-104	For the purposes of this title, notice is sufficient if given in...
§ 13-105	The orphans’ courts and the circuit courts have concurrent jurisdiction...
§ 13-106	An orphans’ court has full power to secure the rights of a minor...
§ 13-107	If appropriate to proceedings under this title, the powers and duties...
§ 13-201	Upon petition, and after any notice or hearing prescribed by law...
§ 13-202	Venue in proceedings under this subtitle shall be as provided by...
§ 13-203	While a petition for appointment of a guardian or other protective...
§ 13-204	If a basis exists as described in § 13-201 of this subtitle for...
§ 13-205	An adjudication under this subtitle shall have no bearing on the...
§ 13-206	Subject to the provisions of § 13-207 of this subtitle, the court...
§ 13-207	Persons are entitled to appointment as guardian for a minor or disabled...
§ 13-208	Where the instrument nominating a guardian excuses a noncorporate...
§ 13-209	Inventory and accounting in proceedings under this subtitle shall...
§ 13-210	An interested person may file a petition for an order:
§ 13-211	There shall be no jury trial in protective proceedings. Procedures...
§ 13-212	In the administration of the estate and the exercise of his powers,...
§ 13-213	All the provisions of § 15-102 of this article with respect to the...
§ 13-214	A guardian may distribute or disburse property without court authorization...
§ 13-215	Any limitation on the powers of a guardian contained in a will or...
§ 13-216	If the exercise of a power is improper, the guardian is liable for...
§ 13-217	Letters of guardianship may be recorded in the land records of the...
§ 13-218	Except in unusual circumstances, the guardian is entitled to the...
§ 13-219	In the absence of actual knowledge or of reasonable cause to inquire...
§ 13-220	The appointment of a guardian terminates when the guardianship terminates...
§ 13-221	The minor or disabled person, his personal representative, the guardian,...
§ 13-222	When no guardianship proceeding is pending in the state, a guardian,...
§ 13-301	In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated.
§ 13-302	This subtitle applies to a transfer that refers to this subtitle...
§ 13-303	A person having the right to designate the recipient of property...
§ 13-304	A person may make a transfer by irrevocable gift to, or the irrevocable...
§ 13-305	A personal representative or trustee may make an irrevocable transfer...
§ 13-306	Subject to subsection (c) of this section, a personal representative...
§ 13-307	Subject to subsections (b) and (c) of this section, a person not...
§ 13-308	A written acknowledgment of delivery by a custodian constitutes...
§ 13-309	Custodial property is created and a transfer is made whenever:
§ 13-310	Subject to subsection (c) of this section, a transfer may be made...
§ 13-311	The validity of a transfer made in a manner prescribed in this subtitle...
§ 13-312	A custodian shall:
§ 13-313	A custodian, acting in a custodial capacity, has all the rights,...
§ 13-314	A custodian may deliver or pay to the minor or expend for the minor’s...
§ 13-315	A custodian is entitled to reimbursement from custodial property...
§ 13-316	A third person in good faith and without court order may act on...
§ 13-317	A claim based on any of the following may be asserted against the...
§ 13-318	A person nominated under § 13-303 of this subtitle or designated...
§ 13-319	A minor who has attained the age of 14 years, the minor’s guardian...
§ 13-320	The custodian shall transfer in an appropriate manner the custodial...
§ 13-321	This subtitle applies to a transfer within the scope of § 13-302...
§ 13-322	Any transfer of custodial property as now defined in this subtitle...
§ 13-323	This subtitle shall be applied and construed to effectuate its general...
§ 13-324	This subtitle may be cited as the "Maryland Uniform Transfers to...
§ 13-401	In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated.
§ 13-402	It is public policy of the state that any substantial sum of money...
§ 13-403	Unless a court appoints a guardian of the property of a minor under...
§ 13-404	The trustee need not give bond.
§ 13-405	Except upon the order of a circuit court, the financial institution...
§ 13-406	A trustee shall file a petition for withdrawal of any of the money...
§ 13-407	The trustee provided for in this subtitle need not file any accounts...
§ 13-501	Any person, including but not limited to a personal representative...
§ 13-502	If money is distributable from a trust or estate or from any other...
§ 13-503	A minor who holds title to property as a tenant by the entirety...
§ 13-504	The receipt or acquittance of any minor who is the sole owner of...
§ 13-601	In this section, "durable power of attorney" means a power of attorney...
§ 13-602	The death, disability, or incompetence of a principal who has executed...
§ 13-603	If any member of the armed services of the United States has executed...
§ 13-701	Unless prohibited by agreement or court order, the surviving parent...
§ 13-702	If neither parent is serving as guardian of the person and no testamentary...
§ 13-703	The guardian of the person of a minor shall not be required to post...
§ 13-704	The court may superintend and direct the care of a disabled person,...
§ 13-705	On petition and after any notice or hearing prescribed by law or...
§ 13-706	An adjudication of a disability for purposes of appointing a guardian...
§ 13-707	Persons are entitled to appointment as guardian of the person according...
§ 13-708	The court may grant to a guardian of a person only those powers...
§ 13-709	When, from personal observation of a law enforcement officer, it...
§ 13-710	Any person filing a petition, participating in the making of a good-faith...
§ 13-711	In this Part III of this subtitle the following words have the meanings...
§ 13-712	The court may approve a request for the withholding or withdrawal...
§ 13-713	If the court is unable to make a substituted judgment under § 13-712...
§ 13-801	The Administrator of Veterans Affairs shall be an interested person...
§ 13-802	If a petition is filed for the appointment of a guardian for a minor...
§ 13-803	If the Veterans Administration is paying or planning to pay benefits...
§ 13-804	Every guardian of a beneficiary who is receiving benefits from the...
§ 13-805	Every guardian of a Veterans Administration beneficiary shall invest...
§ 13-806	No commission or compensation may be allowed a guardian of a Veterans...
§ 13-901	In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated.
§ 13-902	Except as otherwise provided in this subtitle, the provisions of...
§ 13-903	Subject to the provisions of paragraphs (2) and (3) of this subsection,...
§ 13-904	A parent may designate a standby guardian by means of a written...
§ 13-905	A standby guardian may also file a petition for appointment as guardian...
§ 13-906	A determination of incapacity or debilitation under this subtitle...
§ 13-907	The beginning of a standby guardian’s authority in accordance with...
§ 13-908	The furnishing of a bond by a standby guardian shall be governed...
§ 14-101	A court having equity jurisdiction has general superintending power...
§ 14-102	In the absence of express language to the contrary, the rules contained...
§ 14-103	A testamentary trustee and trustee of any other trust whose duties...
§ 14-104	A judge of any court established under the laws of the State or...
§ 14-105	In the absence of actual knowledge or of reasonable cause to inquire...
§ 14-106	In this section, "beneficiary" means a person in being who has a...
§ 14-107	In this section the following words have the meanings indicated.
§ 14-108	In this section, "environmental law" means a federal, State, or...
§ 14-109	None of the following powers conferred upon a trustee by the governing...
§ 14-110	The following persons may exercise trust or fiduciary powers in...
§ 14-111	In this section, "beneficiary" means an ascertainable person who...
§ 14-112	A trust may be created to provide for the care of an animal alive...
§ 14-301	Courts of equity have full jurisdiction to enforce trusts for charitable...
§ 14-302	If a trust for charity is or becomes illegal, or impossible or impracticable...
§ 14-303	In the administration of any trust which is a "private foundation,"...
§ 14-304	Notwithstanding any provisions to the contrary in the governing...
§ 14-305	In the administration of any trust which is a "private foundation"...
§ 14-306	The provisions of §§ 14-303 and 14-305 of this subtitle do not apply...
§ 14-307	Sections 14-303 through 14-307 of this subtitle do not impair the...
§ 14-401	In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated.
§ 14-402	The trustee holds title to the trust property.
§ 14-403	Any person having the right to transfer property to another person...
§ 14-404	A person may create a trust by transferring property in writing...
§ 14-405	The trustee’s obligations begin when the trustee accepts the trust...
§ 14-406	The trust shall terminate upon the first to occur of:
§ 14-407
§ 14-408	This subtitle may be cited as the "Maryland Discretionary Trust...
§ 15-101	In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated.
§ 15-102	In this section the following words have the meanings indicated.
§ 15-103	Whenever any securities are deposited or exchanged, or tendered...
§ 15-104	Regardless of any other provision of law, any fiduciary holding...
§ 15-105	Any fiduciary, or party of whom a bond, undertaking or other obligation...
§ 15-106	The following investments shall be lawful investments for any person:
§ 15-107	Whenever by will, deed, or other instrument, a power to sell, mortgage,...
§ 15-108	Any fiduciary making distribution or delivery of any property, in...
§ 15-109	The receipt and release of a foreign fiduciary to whom property...
§ 15-110	In addition to any other means of enforcing its order, the court...
§ 15-111	The discharge of a fiduciary who has resigned his office pursuant...
§ 15-112	A court shall remove a fiduciary who has:
§ 15-113	An entity that controls, is controlled by, or is under common control...
§ 15-114	In this section the following words have the meanings indicated.
§ 15-115	A corporation that under the laws of this State may act as a fiduciary...
§ 15-116	Notwithstanding any other provision of law, and except as otherwise...
§ 15-1A-01	In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated.
§ 15-1A-02	Subject to the provisions of § 15-1A-04(d)(2) of this subtitle,...
§ 15-1A-03	For purposes of qualifying as a fiduciary with respect to a capital...
§ 15-1A-04	When a successor fiduciary is substituted under this subtitle, the...
§ 15-1A-05	In addition to the provisions for removal under § 15-1A-04(d) of...
§ 15-201	In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated.
§ 15-202	A person who in good faith pays or transfers to a fiduciary any...
§ 15-203	If any negotiable instrument payable or indorsed to a fiduciary...
§ 15-204	If a check or other bill of exchange is drawn by a fiduciary or...
§ 15-205	If a check or other bill of exchange is drawn by a fiduciary or...
§ 15-206	If a deposit is made in a bank to the credit of a fiduciary, the...
§ 15-207	If a check is drawn upon the account of his principal in a bank...
§ 15-208	If a fiduciary makes a deposit in a bank to his personal credit...
§ 15-209	In any case not provided for in this subtitle the rules of law and...
§ 15-210	The Maryland Uniform Fiduciaries Act shall be so interpreted and...
§ 15-211	#VALUE!
§ 15-301	In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated.
§ 15-302	A corporation or transfer agent registering a security in the name...
§ 15-303	Except as otherwise provided in this subtitle, a corporation or...
§ 15-304	A corporation or transfer agent making a transfer pursuant to an...
§ 15-305	A person asserting a claim of beneficial interest adverse to the...
§ 15-306	A corporation or transfer agent incurs no liability to any person...
§ 15-307	A person who participates in the acquisition, disposition, assignment...
§ 15-308	The rights and duties of a corporation and its transfer agents in...
§ 15-309	This subtitle does not affect any obligation of a corporation or...
§ 15-310	This subtitle shall be so construed as to effectuate its general...
§ 15-311	This subtitle may be cited as the Maryland Uniform Act for the Simplification...
§ 15-401	In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated.
§ 15-402	Subject to the intent of a donor expressed in a gift instrument,...
§ 15-403	Subject to the intent of a donor expressed in the gift instrument,...
§ 15-404	Subject to any specific limitation set forth in a gift instrument...
§ 15-405	If the donor consents in a record, an institution may release or...
§ 15-406	Compliance with this subtitle shall be determined in light of the...
§ 15-407	Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, this subtitle...
§ 15-408	This subtitle modifies, limits, and supersedes the Electronic Signatures...
§ 15-409	In applying and construing this subtitle, which is a uniform act,...
§ 15-410	This subtitle may be cited as the "Maryland Uniform Prudent Management...
§ 15-501	In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated.
§ 15-502	In allocating receipts and disbursements to or between principal...
§ 15-502.1	A trustee may convert a trust into a unitrust as described in this...
§ 15-502.2	A trustee may adjust between principal and income to the extent...
§ 15-502.3	In this section, "qualified beneficiary" means:
§ 15-503	After a decedent dies, in the case of an estate, or after an income...
§ 15-504	Each beneficiary described in § 15-503(3) of this subtitle is entitled...
§ 15-505	An income beneficiary is entitled to net income from the date on...
§ 15-506	A trustee shall allocate an income receipt or disbursement other...
§ 15-507	In this section, "undistributed income" means net income received...
§ 15-508	In this section, "entity" means a corporation, partnership, limited...
§ 15-509	A trustee shall allocate to income an amount received as a distribution...
§ 15-510	If a trustee who conducts a business or other activity determines...
§ 15-511	A trustee shall allocate to principal:
§ 15-512	To the extent that a trustee accounts for receipts from rental property...
§ 15-513	An amount received as interest, whether determined at a fixed, variable,...
§ 15-514	Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b) of this section,...
§ 15-515	If a trustee determines that an allocation between principal and...
§ 15-516	In this section, "payment" means a payment that a trustee may receive...
§ 15-517	In this section, "liquidating asset" means an asset whose value...
§ 15-518	To the extent that a trustee accounts for receipts from an interest...
§ 15-519	To the extent that a trustee accounts for receipts from the sale...
§ 15-520	If a marital deduction is allowed for all or part of a trust whose...
§ 15-521	In this section, "derivative" means a contract or financial instrument...
§ 15-522	In this section, "asset-backed security" means an asset whose value...
§ 15-523	A trustee shall make the following disbursements from income to...
§ 15-524	A trustee shall make the following disbursements from principal:
§ 15-525	In this section, "depreciation" means a reduction in value due to...
§ 15-526	If a trustee makes or expects to make a principal disbursement described...
§ 15-527	A tax required to be paid by a trustee based on receipts allocated...
§ 15-528	A fiduciary may make adjustments between principal and income to...
§ 15-529	This subtitle shall be so applied and construed to effectuate its...
§ 15-530	This subtitle may be cited as the "Maryland Uniform Principal and...
§ 16-101	In this title the following terms have the meanings indicated unless...
§ 16-102	Only individuals whose registration of a security shows sole ownership...
§ 16-103	A security may be registered in beneficiary form if the form is...
§ 16-104	A security, whether evidenced by certificate or account, is registered...
§ 16-105	Registration in beneficiary form may be shown by the words "transfer-on-death"...
§ 16-106	The designation of a TOD beneficiary on a registration in beneficiary...
§ 16-107	On death of a sole owner or the last to die of all multiple owners,...
§ 16-108	A registering entity is not required to offer or to accept a request...
§ 16-109	A transfer-on-death resulting from a registration in beneficiary...
§ 16-110	A registering entity offering to accept registrations in beneficiary...
§ 16-111	This title may be cited as the Maryland Uniform TOD Security Registration...
§ 16-112	This title applies to registrations of securities in beneficiary...

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Questions & Answers: Wills and Estates

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