Maryland Code, HUMAN SERVICES 10-477
Terms Used In Maryland Code, HUMAN SERVICES 10-477
- Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
- 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.
- Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
- 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
- Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.
- Venue: The geographical location in which a case is tried.
(1) has exclusive original jurisdiction over delinquency proceedings; and
(2) may issue all necessary and proper orders to carry out this subtitle.
(b) If service is made in accordance with the Maryland Rules or other applicable law, a court with subject matter jurisdiction over an action brought under this subtitle also has jurisdiction over:
(1) an officer, director, manager, trustee, organizer, promoter, or attorney in fact of a provider against which a delinquency proceeding has been commenced, in an action resulting from or incidental to the person‘s relationship with the provider;
(2) a person that, at the time of or after commencement of the delinquency proceeding, held or was in control of assets in which the receiver claims an interest on behalf of the provider, in an action concerning the assets of the provider; and
(3) a person obligated to the provider in any way, in an action on or incidental to the obligation.
(c) The venue of all delinquency proceedings is in Baltimore City.