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Terms Used In Maryland Code, ESTATES AND TRUSTS 13.5-202

  • Dismissal: The dropping of a case by the judge without further consideration or hearing. Source:
  • Guardian: A person legally empowered and charged with the duty of taking care of and managing the property of another person who because of age, intellect, or health, is incapable of managing his (her) own affairs.
  • 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.
  • 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
  • Personal property: All property that is not real property.
  • state: means :

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

    (2) the District of Columbia. See
(a) A court of this State lacking jurisdiction under § 13.5-201 of this subtitle has special jurisdiction to do any of the following:

(1) Appoint a guardian in an emergency in accordance with § 13-709 of this article for a term not exceeding 60 days for a respondent who is physically located in this State;

(2) Issue a protective order with respect to real or tangible personal property located in this State; and

(3) Appoint a guardian or conservator for an incapacitated or protected person for whom a provisional order to transfer the proceeding from another state has been issued as provided in § 13.5-301 of this title.

(b) If a petition for the appointment of a guardian in an emergency is brought in this State in accordance with § 13-709 of this article and this State was not the home state of the respondent on the date the petition was filed, the court shall dismiss the proceeding at the request of the court in the other state, if any, whether dismissal is requested before or after the emergency appointment.?