Maryland Code, ESTATES AND TRUSTS 13-802
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Terms Used In Maryland Code, ESTATES AND TRUSTS 13-802
- Beneficiary: A person who is entitled to receive the benefits or proceeds of a will, trust, insurance policy, retirement plan, annuity, or other contract. Source: OCC
- Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
- 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.
- minor: means an individual under the age of 18 years. See
- Precedent: A court decision in an earlier case with facts and law similar to a dispute currently before a court. Precedent will ordinarily govern the decision of a later similar case, unless a party can show that it was wrongly decided or that it differed in some significant way.
If a petition is filed for the appointment of a guardian for a minor who is a U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs beneficiary, a certificate of the Secretary or the Secretary’s authorized representative, setting forth the age of the minor as shown by the records of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs and the fact that appointment of a guardian is a condition precedent to the payment of any money due the minor from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs shall be prima facie evidence of the necessity for the appointment.