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Terms Used In Maryland Code, ESTATES AND TRUSTS 13-302

  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • minor: means an individual under the age of 18 years. See
  • Person: includes an individual, receiver, trustee, guardian, personal representative, fiduciary, representative of any kind, corporation, partnership, business trust, statutory trust, limited liability company, firm, association, or other nongovernmental entity. See
  • state: means :

    (1) a state, possession, territory, or commonwealth of the United States; or

    (2) the District of Columbia. See
(a) This subtitle applies to a transfer that refers to the Maryland Uniform Transfers to Minors Act in the designation under § 13-309(a) of this subtitle by which the transfer is made if at the time of the transfer the transferor, the minor, or the custodian is a resident of this State or the custodial property is located in this State.

(b) The custodianship created remains subject to this subtitle despite a subsequent change in residence of a transferor, the minor, or the custodian, or the removal of custodial property from this State.

(c) A person designated as custodian under this subtitle is subject to personal jurisdiction in this State with respect to any matter relating to the custodianship.

(d) A transfer that purports to be made and which is valid under the Uniform Transfers to Minors Act, the Uniform Gifts to Minors Act, or a substantially similar act of another state is governed by the law of the designated state and may be executed and is enforceable in this State if at the time of the transfer, the transferor, the minor, or the custodian is a resident of the designated state or the custodial property is located in the designated state.