Maryland Code, ESTATES AND TRUSTS 13-906
Terms Used In Maryland Code, ESTATES AND TRUSTS 13-906
- 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.
(i) Be made by the attending physician to a reasonable degree of medical certainty;
(ii) Be in writing; and
(iii) Contain the attending physician’s opinion regarding the cause and nature of the parent’s incapacity or debilitation, and the extent and probable duration of the incapacity or debilitation.
(2) If a standby guardian‘s identity is known to an attending physician, the attending physician shall provide a copy of a determination of incapacity or debilitation to the standby guardian.
(b) If requested by a standby guardian, an attending physician shall make a determination regarding the parent’s incapacity or debilitation for purposes of this subtitle.
(c) If the parent is able to comprehend the information, a standby guardian shall inform the parent of:
(1) The beginning of the standby guardian’s authority as a result of a determination of incapacity; and
(2) The parent’s right to revoke the authority promptly after receipt of the determination of incapacity.