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MD. Estates and Trusts Code Ann. §  4-411 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Estates and Trusts|Title 4 - Wills|Subtitle 4 - Rules Relating to Legacies|Section 4-411 - Legacy to Inter Vivos Trust

    (a)    A legacy may be made in form or in substance to the trustee in accordance with the terms of a written inter vivos trust, including an unfunded life insurance trust although the settlor has reserved all rights of ownership in the insurance contracts, if the trust instrument has been executed and is in existence prior to or contemporaneously with the execution of the will and is identified in the will, without regard to the size or character of the corpus of the trust or whether the settlor is the testator or a third person.    (b)    The legacy is valid even if the trust is subject to amendment or modification or may be terminated or revoked after the will is executed whether by the settlor or any other person, or if the trust instrument or an amendment to it was not executed in the manner required by the estates of decedents law for wills.    (c)    Unless the will provides otherwise:        (1)    The legacy is valid even if the trust was amended or modified after the will was executed, and the legacy shall be given effect in accordance with the terms of the trust as they appear in writing on the date of death of the testator, including any amendment or modification;        (2)    Property passing under the legacy passes directly from the personal representative to the trustee of the inter vivos trust, becomes a part of the assets of the trust, and is not considered held under a separate testamentary trust;        (3)    An entire revocation of the trust prior to the death of the testator makes the legacy inoperative within the meaning of § 4–404 of this subtitle, even though the revocation was not effected in the manner provided by this article for the revocation of wills; and        (4)    Subject to paragraph (3) of this subsection, a termination of the trust in accordance with its terms, or by its exhaustion, or by operation of law, or for another reason does not invalidate the legacy.
MD. Estates and Trusts Code Ann. §  4-412 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Estates and Trusts|Title 4 - Wills|Subtitle 4 - Rules Relating to Legacies|Section 4-412 - Legacy to Testamentary Trust

    (a)    (1)    A legacy may be made in form or substance to the trustee under the terms of a testamentary trust established under another will.        (2)    The legacy is valid even if the testamentary trust or the will establishing the trust was not in existence when the will containing the legacy was executed, if:            (i)    The will establishing the testamentary trust was executed, or was last modified with respect to the terms of the trust, prior to the death of the testator of the will containing the legacy;            (ii)    The will establishing the testamentary trust is offered for probate prior to, or within 9 months after the death of the testator of the will containing the legacy; and            (iii)    The will establishing the testamentary trust is admitted to probate.    (b)    Unless the will otherwise provides:        (1)    Property passing under the legacy passes from the personal representative directly to the trustee of the testamentary trust, becomes a part of the assets of the trust, and is not considered as held under a separate testamentary trust; and        (2)    A termination of the trust in accordance with its terms, by its exhaustion, by operation of law, or otherwise, does not invalidate the legacy.
MD. Estates and Trusts Code Ann. §  4-413 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Estates and Trusts|Title 4 - Wills|Subtitle 4 - Rules Relating to Legacies|Section 4-413 - In Terrorem Clause

    If probable cause exists for instituting proceedings, a provision in a will purporting to penalize an interested person for contesting the will or instituting other proceedings relating to the estate is void.
MD. Estates and Trusts Code Ann. §  4-414 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Estates and Trusts|Title 4 - Wills|Subtitle 4 - Rules Relating to Legacies|Section 4-414 - Adoptees

    (a)    In this section, “will” includes another written instrument of similar import.    (b)    (1)    Unless a will executed on or after June 1, 1947, clearly indicates otherwise, “child”, “descendant”, “heir”, “issue”, or any equivalent term in the will includes an adoptee whether the will was executed before or after a court entered an order for adoption.        (2)    Unless a will executed on or before May 31, 1947, clearly indicates otherwise, “child”, “descendant”, “heir”, “issue”, or any equivalent term in the will includes an adoptee if, on or after January 1, 1945, a court entered an interlocutory order for adoption or, if none, a final order for adoption.
MD. Estates and Trusts Code Ann. §  4-502 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Estates and Trusts|Title 4 - Wills|Subtitle 5 - Maryland Revised Uniform Anatomical Gift Act|Section 4-502 - Scope of Subtitle

    This subtitle applies to an anatomical gift or an amendment to, a revocation of, or a refusal to make an anatomical gift whenever made.
MD. Estates and Trusts Code Ann. §  4-503 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Estates and Trusts|Title 4 - Wills|Subtitle 5 - Maryland Revised Uniform Anatomical Gift Act|Section 4-503 - General Consideration

    (a)    Subject to § 4–506 of this subtitle, an anatomical gift may be made during the life of a donor for the purpose of transplantation, therapy, research, or education by:        (1)    (i)    A donor who is an adult; or            (ii)    A donor who is a minor, if the minor is:                1.    Emancipated; or                2.    Authorized under State law to apply for a driver’s license because the donor is at least 15 years and 9 months old;        (2)    An agent of a donor, unless a power of attorney for health care or other record prohibits the agent from making an anatomical gift;        (3)    A parent of a donor, if the donor is an unemancipated minor; or        (4)    A guardian of a donor.    (b)    A donor may make an anatomical gift:        (1)    By authorizing a statement or symbol indicating that the donor has made an anatomical gift to be imprinted on the donor’s driver’s license or identification card;        (2)    By will;        (3)    During a terminal illness or an injury of the donor, by any form of communication addressed to at least two adults, at least one of whom is a disinterested witness; or        (4)    As provided in subsection (c) of this section.    (c)    (1)    A donor or other person authorized to make an anatomical gift under this section may make a gift by:            (i)    A donor card or other record signed by the donor or other person making the gift; or            (ii)    Authorizing that a statement or symbol indicating that the donor has made an anatomical gift be included on a donor registry.        (2)    If a donor or other person authorized to make an anatomical gift under this section is physically unable to sign a record, the record may be signed by another individual at the direction of the donor or other person and shall:            (i)    Be witnessed by at least two adults, at least one of whom is a disinterested witness, who have signed at the request of the donor or other person; and            (ii)    State that the record has been signed and witnessed as provided in item (i) of this paragraph.    (d)    Revocation, suspension, expiration, or cancellation of a driver’s license or an identification card that indicates an anatomical gift does not invalidate the gift.    (e)    (1)    An anatomical gift made by will takes effect on the donor’s death whether or not the will is probated.        (2)    If a will that makes an anatomical gift is invalidated after the donor’s death, the anatomical gift does not become invalid.
MD. Estates and Trusts Code Ann. §  4-504 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Estates and Trusts|Title 4 - Wills|Subtitle 5 - Maryland Revised Uniform Anatomical Gift Act|Section 4-504 - Amendment or Revocation

    (a)    Subject to § 4–506 of this subtitle, a donor or any other person authorized to make an anatomical gift under § 4–503 of this subtitle may amend or revoke an anatomical gift by:        (1)    A record signed by:            (i)    The donor;            (ii)    The other person; or            (iii)    Subject to subsection (b) of this section, if the donor or other person is physically unable to sign, another individual acting at the direction of the donor or the other person; or        (2)    A later–executed document of gift that expressly or by inconsistency amends or revokes the previous anatomical gift or portion of the anatomical gift.    (b)    A record signed in accordance with subsection (a)(1)(iii) of this section shall:        (1)    Be witnessed by at least two adults, at least one of whom is a disinterested witness, who have signed at the request of the donor or the other person; and        (2)    State that the record has been signed and witnessed as provided in item (1) of this subsection.    (c)    Subject to § 4–506 of this subtitle, a donor or any other person authorized to make an anatomical gift under § 4–503 of this subtitle may revoke the anatomical gift by the destruction or cancellation of the document of gift, or the portion of the document of gift used to make the gift, with the intent to revoke the gift.    (d)    During a terminal illness of a donor, or while a donor is injured, the donor may amend or revoke an anatomical gift that was not made by will by any form of communication addressed to at least two adults, at least one of whom is a disinterested witness.    (e)    A donor who makes an anatomical gift by will may amend or revoke the gift in the manner provided for amendment or revocation of wills or as provided in subsection (a) of this section.    (f)    (1)    An anatomical gift made by a donor designation on a driver’s license or an identification card may be revoked by giving written notice to the Motor Vehicle Administration in accordance with § 12–303 of the Transportation Article.        (2)    A donor may make a gift by authorizing that a statement or symbol indicating that the donor has made a gift be included on a donor registry.
MD. Estates and Trusts Code Ann. §  4-505 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Estates and Trusts|Title 4 - Wills|Subtitle 5 - Maryland Revised Uniform Anatomical Gift Act|Section 4-505 - Refusal to Make Gift

    (a)    An individual may refuse to make an anatomical gift of the individual’s body or part by:        (1)    A record signed by:            (i)    The individual; or            (ii)    Subject to subsection (b) of this section, if the individual is physically unable to sign, another individual acting at the direction of the individual;        (2)    The individual’s will, whether or not the will is admitted to probate or invalidated after the individual’s death; or        (3)    During a terminal illness of the individual or while the individual is injured, any form of communication addressed to at least two adults, at least one of whom is a disinterested witness.    (b)    A record signed in accordance with subsection (a)(1)(ii) of this section shall:        (1)    Be witnessed by at least two adults, at least one of whom is a disinterested witness, who have signed at the request of the individual; and        (2)    State that the record has been signed and witnessed as provided in item (1) of this subsection.    (c)    An individual who has made a refusal may amend or revoke the refusal:        (1)    In a manner for making a refusal provided in subsection (a) of this section;        (2)    By subsequently making an anatomical gift in accordance with § 4–503 of this subtitle that is inconsistent with the refusal; or        (3)    By destroying or canceling the record evidencing the refusal, or the portion of the record used to make the refusal, with the intent to revoke the refusal.    (d)    Except as otherwise provided in § 4–506(h) of this subtitle, in the absence of an express, contrary indication by the individual set forth in the refusal, an individual’s unrevoked refusal to make an anatomical gift of the individual’s body or part bars all other persons from making an anatomical gift of the individual’s body or part.
MD. Estates and Trusts Code Ann. §  4-506 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Estates and Trusts|Title 4 - Wills|Subtitle 5 - Maryland Revised Uniform Anatomical Gift Act|Section 4-506 - Powers of Persons Other Than Donor -- Gift or Refusal by Donor

    (a)    Except as otherwise provided in subsection (g) of this section and subject to subsection (f) of this section, in the absence of an express, contrary indication by the donor, a person other than the donor is barred from making, amending, or revoking an anatomical gift of a donor’s body or part if the donor made:        (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.
MD. Estates and Trusts Code Ann. §  4-507 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Estates and Trusts|Title 4 - Wills|Subtitle 5 - Maryland Revised Uniform Anatomical Gift Act|Section 4-507 - Persons Other Than Donor -- Power to Make Gift

    (a)    Subject to subsections (b) and (c) of this section and except as prohibited under §§ 4–505 and 4–506 of this subtitle, in accordance with the order of priority listed, a member of one of the following classes of individuals who is reasonably available may make an anatomical gift of a decedent’s body or part for the purpose of transplantation, therapy, research, or education:        (1)    An agent of the decedent at the time of death who could have made an anatomical gift under § 4–503(b) of this subtitle immediately before the decedent’s death;        (2)    The persons who were acting as the guardians of the decedent at the time of the death of the decedent;        (3)    The spouse or domestic partner of the decedent;        (4)    The adult children of the decedent;        (5)    The parents of the decedent;        (6)    The adult siblings of the decedent;        (7)    The adult grandchildren of the decedent;        (8)    The grandparents of the decedent;        (9)    An adult who exhibited special care and concern for the decedent; or        (10)    Another person having the authority to dispose of the body of the decedent.    (b)    (1)    If there is more than one member of a class listed in subsection (a)(1), (3), (4), (5), (6), (7), or (9) of this section entitled to make an anatomical gift, an anatomical gift may be made by a member of the class unless that member or a person to which the gift may pass under § 4–509 of this subtitle knows of an objection by another member of the class.        (2)    If an objection to an anatomical gift is known, the gift may be made only by a majority of the members of the class who are reasonably available.    (c)    A person may not make an anatomical gift if, at the time of the decedent’s death, a person in a prior class under subsection (a) of this section is reasonably available to make or to object to the making of an anatomical gift.
MD. Estates and Trusts Code Ann. §  4-508 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Estates and Trusts|Title 4 - Wills|Subtitle 5 - Maryland Revised Uniform Anatomical Gift Act|Section 4-508 - Persons Other Than Donor -- Procedure for Making Gift

    (a)    A person authorized to make an anatomical gift under § 4–507 of this subtitle may make an anatomical gift:        (1)    By a document of gift signed by the person making the gift; or        (2)    By an oral communication that is electronically recorded or is contemporaneously reduced to a record and signed by the individual receiving the oral communication.    (b)    (1)    Subject to subsection (c) of this section, an anatomical gift by a person authorized under § 4–507 of this subtitle may be amended or revoked orally or in a record by a reasonably available member of a prior class.        (2)    If more than one member of a prior class is reasonably available, the gift made by a person authorized under § 4–507 of this subtitle may be:            (i)    Amended only if a majority of the reasonably available members agree to the amendment; or            (ii)    Revoked only if:                1.    A majority of the reasonably available members agree to the revocation; or                2.    The reasonably available members are equally divided as to whether to revoke the gift.    (c)    A revocation under subsection (b) of this section is effective only if, before an incision has been made to remove a part from the donor’s body or before invasive procedures have begun to prepare the recipient, the procurement organization, transplant hospital, or physician or technician knows of the revocation.
MD. Estates and Trusts Code Ann. §  4-510 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Estates and Trusts|Title 4 - Wills|Subtitle 5 - Maryland Revised Uniform Anatomical Gift Act|Section 4-510 - Document of Gift or Refusal -- Search

    (a)    The following persons shall make a reasonable search of an individual who the person reasonably believes is dead or whose death is imminent for a document of gift or any other information identifying the individual as a donor or as an individual who made a refusal:        (1)    A law enforcement officer, firefighter, paramedic, or any other emergency rescuer finding the individual; and        (2)    If no other source of the information is immediately available, a hospital, as soon as practical after the individual’s arrival at the hospital.    (b)    If a document of gift or a refusal to make an anatomical gift is located by the search required under subsection (a)(1) of this section and the individual or deceased individual to whom it relates is taken to a hospital, the person responsible for conducting the search shall send the document of gift or refusal to the hospital.    (c)    A person is not subject to criminal or civil liability for failing to discharge the duties imposed by this section but may be subject to administrative sanctions.
MD. Estates and Trusts Code Ann. §  4-511 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Estates and Trusts|Title 4 - Wills|Subtitle 5 - Maryland Revised Uniform Anatomical Gift Act|Section 4-511 - Document of Gift or Refusal -- Delivery; Examination and Copying

    (a)    A document of gift need not be delivered during the lifetime of a donor to be effective.    (b)    On or after the death of an individual, a person in possession of a document of gift or a refusal to make an anatomical gift regarding the individual shall allow examination and copying of the document of gift or refusal by:        (1)    A person authorized to make or object to the making of the anatomical gift; or        (2)    A person to which the gift could pass under § 4–509 of this subtitle.
MD. Estates and Trusts Code Ann. §  4-513 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Estates and Trusts|Title 4 - Wills|Subtitle 5 - Maryland Revised Uniform Anatomical Gift Act|Section 4-513 - Violations; Penalties; Permitted Acts and Exceptions

    (a)    (1)    Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, if removal of a part from an individual is intended to occur after the individual’s death, a person may not for valuable consideration knowingly purchase or sell the part for transplantation or therapy.        (2)    A person that violates paragraph (1) of this subsection is guilty of a felony and on conviction is subject to a fine not exceeding $50,000 or imprisonment not exceeding 5 years or both.    (b)    (1)    A person may charge a reasonable amount of money for the removal, processing, preservation, quality control, storage, transportation, implantation, or disposal of a part.        (2)    The prohibition in subsection (a) of this section does not apply to blood and plasma.    (c)    (1)    A person may not, in order to obtain financial gain, intentionally falsify, forge, conceal, deface, or obliterate a document of gift, an amendment or revocation of a document of gift, or a refusal.        (2)    A person who violates paragraph (1) of this subsection is guilty of a felony and on conviction is subject to a fine not exceeding $50,000 or imprisonment not exceeding 5 years or both.
MD. Estates and Trusts Code Ann. §  4-514 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Estates and Trusts|Title 4 - Wills|Subtitle 5 - Maryland Revised Uniform Anatomical Gift Act|Section 4-514 - Liability

    (a)    A person that acts in accordance with this subtitle or with the applicable anatomical gift law of another state, or attempts in good faith to do so, is not liable for the act in a civil action, a criminal prosecution, or an administrative proceeding.    (b)    A person making an anatomical gift or the donor’s estate is not liable for any injury or damage that results from the making or use of the gift.    (c)    In determining whether an anatomical gift has been made, amended, or revoked under this subtitle, a person may rely on representations of an individual listed in § 4–507(a)(2) through (9) of this subtitle relating to the individual’s relationship to the donor or prospective donor unless the person knows that the representation is untrue.
MD. Estates and Trusts Code Ann. §  4-515 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Estates and Trusts|Title 4 - Wills|Subtitle 5 - Maryland Revised Uniform Anatomical Gift Act|Section 4-515 - Validity of Document of Gift

    (a)    A document of gift is valid if executed in accordance with:        (1)    This subtitle;        (2)    The laws of the state or country where it was executed; or        (3)    The laws of the state or country where the person making the anatomical gift was domiciled, has a place of residence, or was a national at the time the document of gift was executed.    (b)    If a document of gift is valid under this section, the law of this State governs the interpretation of the document of gift.    (c)    A person may presume that a document of gift or an amendment of an anatomical gift is valid unless that person knows that it was not validly executed or was revoked.