Maryland Code, ESTATES AND TRUSTS 4-506
Terms Used In Maryland Code, ESTATES AND TRUSTS 4-506
- Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
- Donor: The person who makes a gift.
- gift: includes an inter vivos gift, inter vivos endowment, bequest, devise, legacy, or testamentary endowment of any interest in real or personal property. See
- Gift: A voluntary transfer or conveyance of property without consideration, or for less than full and adequate consideration based on fair market value.
- 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
- 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
(1) An anatomical gift of the donor’s body or part under § 4-503 of this subtitle; or
(2) An amendment to an anatomical gift of the donor’s body or part under § 4-504 of this subtitle.
(b) A donor’s revocation of an anatomical gift of the donor’s body or part under § 4-504 of this subtitle is not a refusal and does not bar another person specified in § 4-501 or § 4-507 of this subtitle from making an anatomical gift of the donor’s body or part under § 4-503 or § 4-508 of this subtitle.
(c) If a person other than a donor makes an unrevoked anatomical gift of the donor’s body or part under § 4-503 of this subtitle, or an amendment to an anatomical gift of the donor’s body or part under § 4-504 of this subtitle, another person may not make, amend, or revoke the gift of the donor’s body or part under § 4-508 of this subtitle.
(d) A revocation of an anatomical gift of a donor’s body or part under § 4-504 of this subtitle by a person other than the donor does not bar another person from making an anatomical gift of the body or part under § 4-503 or § 4-508 of this subtitle.
(e) In the absence of an express, contrary indication by the donor or other person authorized to make an anatomical gift under § 4-503 of this subtitle, an anatomical gift of a part is not a refusal to give another part or a limitation on the making of an anatomical gift of another part at a later time by the donor or another person.
(f) In the absence of an express, contrary indication by the donor or other person authorized to make an anatomical gift under § 4-503 of this subtitle, an anatomical gift of a part for one or more of the purposes set forth in § 4-503 of this subtitle is not a limitation on the making of an anatomical gift of the part for any other purpose by the donor or other person under § 4-503 or § 4-508 of this subtitle.
(g) If a donor who is an unemancipated minor dies, a reasonably available parent or guardian of the donor may revoke or amend an anatomical gift of the donor’s body or part.
(h) If an unemancipated minor who signed a refusal dies, a reasonably available parent or guardian of the minor may revoke the minor’s refusal.