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MD. Environment Code Ann. §  9-1730 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Environment|Title 9 - Water, Ice, and Sanitary Facilities|Subtitle 17 - Office of Recycling|Part IV - Statewide Electronics Recycling Program|Section 9-1730 - Violations; Penalties

    (a)    The provisions and penalties of § 9–342 of this title shall be used and shall apply to enforce violations of this part.    (b)    (1)    In addition to any other penalty provided by law, the Department may assess against any retailer that violates § 9–1728.1(b) of this part a fine up to $1,000 for each violation, but not exceeding $10,000 total.        (2)    A fine under paragraph (1) of this subsection may be assessed only after the retailer that committed the violation has been issued three warnings regarding the violation.        (3)    Each day on which a violation occurs or continues is a separate violation under this subsection.
MD. Estates and Trusts Code Ann. §  13-701 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Estates and Trusts|Title 13 - Protection of Minors, Disabled Persons, Susceptible Adults, and Older Adults|Subtitle 7 - Guardian of the Person|Part I - Minors|Section 13-701 - Testamentary Appointment of Guardian of a Minor

    (a)    Unless prohibited by agreement or court order, the surviving parent of a minor may appoint by will one or more guardians and successor guardians of the person of an unmarried minor.    (b)    The guardian need not be approved by or qualify in any court.
MD. Estates and Trusts Code Ann. §  13-702 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Estates and Trusts|Title 13 - Protection of Minors, Disabled Persons, Susceptible Adults, and Older Adults|Subtitle 7 - Guardian of the Person|Part I - Minors|Section 13-702 - Court Appointment of Guardian of a Minor or Representative of Minor Crime Victim

    (a)    (1)    If neither parent is serving as guardian of the person and no testamentary appointment has been made, on petition by any person interested in the welfare of the minor, and after notice and hearing, the court may appoint a guardian of the person of an unmarried minor.        (2)    If the minor is at least 14 years old, and if the person otherwise is qualified, the court shall appoint a person designated by the minor, unless the decision is not in the best interests of the minor.        (3)    This section may not be construed to require court appointment of a guardian of the person of a minor if there is no good reason, such as a dispute, for a court appointment.    (b)    (1)    Venue in proceedings under this subtitle shall be as prescribed by the Maryland Rules.        (2)    The contents of the petition and the manner of giving notice of the hearing on the petition shall be as prescribed by the Maryland Rules.    (c)    If there is no victim’s representative who can adequately assert the minor’s rights as a victim of a crime or a delinquent act and no court has appointed a guardian ad litem to protect the minor’s interests, the rights, duties, and powers that the court may order the guardian to exercise shall include serving as a victim’s representative to assert the minor’s interests.
MD. Estates and Trusts Code Ann. §  13-703 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Estates and Trusts|Title 13 - Protection of Minors, Disabled Persons, Susceptible Adults, and Older Adults|Subtitle 7 - Guardian of the Person|Part I - Minors|Section 13-703 - Bond; Accounting; Compensation

    (a)    The guardian of the person of a minor may not be required to post any bond or to file any accounts.    (b)    Unless otherwise provided by the will appointing a guardian of the person, the guardian of the person may not be entitled to any compensation for serving as guardian of the person.
MD. Estates and Trusts Code Ann. §  13-704 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Estates and Trusts|Title 13 - Protection of Minors, Disabled Persons, Susceptible Adults, and Older Adults|Subtitle 7 - Guardian of the Person|Part II - Disabled Persons|Section 13-704 - Authority of Court

    (a)    The court may:        (1)    Superintend and direct the care of a disabled person;        (2)    Appoint a guardian of the person; and        (3)    Pass orders and decrees respecting the person as seems proper, including an order directing the disabled person to be sent to a hospital.    (b)    Procedures in these cases shall be as prescribed by the Maryland Rules and in accordance with the provisions of this subtitle and Title 13.5 of this article.    (c)    (1)    On the filing of a petition for attorney’s fees made in reasonable detail by an interested person or an attorney employed by the interested person, the court may order reasonable and necessary attorney’s fees incurred in bringing a petition for appointment of a guardian of the person of a disabled person to be paid from the estate of the disabled person.        (2)    Before ordering the payment of attorney’s fees under paragraph (1) of this subsection, the court shall consider:            (i)    The financial resources and needs of the disabled person; and            (ii)    Whether there was substantial justification for the filing of the petition for guardianship.        (3)    On a finding by the court of an absence of substantial justification for bringing the petition for guardianship, the court shall deny a petition for attorney’s fees filed under paragraph (1) of this subsection.        (4)    The court may not award attorney’s fees under paragraph (1) of this subsection if the petition for guardianship is brought by:            (i)    A government agency paying benefits to the disabled person;            (ii)    A local department of social services; or            (iii)    An agency eligible to serve as the guardian of the disabled person under § 13–707 of this subtitle.
MD. Estates and Trusts Code Ann. §  13-706 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Estates and Trusts|Title 13 - Protection of Minors, Disabled Persons, Susceptible Adults, and Older Adults|Subtitle 7 - Guardian of the Person|Part II - Disabled Persons|Section 13-706 - Effect of Adjudication of Disability and Appointment of Guardian

    (a)    An adjudication of a disability for purposes of appointing a guardian of a person may not be the basis for commitment of the disabled person to a mental institution.    (b)    Appointment of a guardian of the person:        (1)    Is not evidence of incompetency of the disabled person; and        (2)    Does not modify any civil right of the disabled person unless the court orders, including any civil service ranking, appointment, the right to apply for voluntary admission to a facility under § 10–611 of the Health – General Article, and rights relating to licensure, permit, privilege, or benefit under any law.
MD. Estates and Trusts Code Ann. §  13-710 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Estates and Trusts|Title 13 - Protection of Minors, Disabled Persons, Susceptible Adults, and Older Adults|Subtitle 7 - Guardian of the Person|Part II - Disabled Persons|Section 13-710 - Immunity From Civil Liability or Criminal Penalty

    (a)    Any person filing a petition, participating in the making of a good–faith report, or participating in an investigation or in a judicial proceeding resulting therefrom, pursuant to § 13–705 or § 13–709 of this subtitle or Title 14, Subtitle 3 of the Family Law Article, shall have the immunity from civil liability or criminal penalty described under § 5–618(a) of the Courts and Judicial Proceedings Article.    (b)    A law enforcement officer who transports an adult to an appropriate medical facility under § 13–709 of this subtitle shall have the immunity from civil or criminal liability described under § 5–618(b) of the Courts and Judicial Proceedings Article.
MD. Estates and Trusts Code Ann. §  13-712 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Estates and Trusts|Title 13 - Protection of Minors, Disabled Persons, Susceptible Adults, and Older Adults|Subtitle 7 - Guardian of the Person|Part III - Life-Sustaining Procedures|Section 13-712 - Substituted Judgment; Evidence

    (a)    The court may approve a request for the withholding or withdrawal of a life-sustaining procedure from a disabled person on the basis of a substituted judgment.    (b)    The court may make a substituted judgment under subsection (a) of this section only on the basis of clear and convincing evidence that the disabled person would, if competent, decide to withhold or withdraw a life-sustaining procedure under the circumstances.    (c)    Evidence of the intentions or wishes of the disabled person regarding the withholding or withdrawal of a life-sustaining procedure that might otherwise be inadmissible may be admitted, in the discretion of the court, if it is:        (1)    Material and probative; and        (2)    The best evidence available.
MD. Estates and Trusts Code Ann. §  13-713 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Estates and Trusts|Title 13 - Protection of Minors, Disabled Persons, Susceptible Adults, and Older Adults|Subtitle 7 - Guardian of the Person|Part III - Life-Sustaining Procedures|Section 13-713 - Best Interest of a Disabled Person

    (a)    If the court is unable to make a substituted judgment under § 13-712 of this subtitle, the court may approve a request for the withholding or withdrawal of a life-sustaining procedure from the disabled person if the court determines, on the basis of clear and convincing evidence, that the withholding or withdrawal is in the best interest of the disabled person.    (b)    The decision of whether life-sustaining procedures should be provided, withheld, or withdrawn shall not be based, in whole or in part, on either a patient’s preexisting, long-term mental or physical disability, or a patient’s economic disadvantage.
MD. Estates and Trusts Code Ann. §  15-501 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Estates and Trusts|Title 15 - Fiduciaries|Subtitle 5 - Maryland Uniform Principal and Income Act|Part I - Definitions; Fiduciary Duties|Section 15-501 - Definitions

    (a)    In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated.    (b)    (1)    “Accounting period” means a calendar year unless another 12-month period is selected by a fiduciary.        (2)    “Accounting period” includes a portion of a calendar year or other 12-month period that begins when an income interest begins or ends when an income interest ends.    (c)    “Beneficiary” includes, in the case of a decedent’s estate, an heir and legatee and, in the case of a trust, an income beneficiary and a remainder beneficiary.    (d)    (1)    “Fiduciary” means a personal representative or a trustee.        (2)    “Fiduciary” includes an executor, administrator, successor personal representative, special administrator, and a person performing substantially the same function.    (e)    (1)    “Income” means money or property that a fiduciary receives as current return from a principal asset.        (2)    “Income” includes a portion of receipts from a sale, exchange, or liquidation of a principal asset, to the extent provided in Part IV of this subtitle.    (f)    “Income beneficiary” means a person to whom net income of a trust is or may be payable.    (g)    “Income interest” means the right of an income beneficiary to receive all or part of net income, whether the terms of the trust require it to be distributed or authorize it to be distributed in the trustee’s discretion.    (h)    “Mandatory income interest” means the right of an income beneficiary to receive net income that the terms of the trust require the fiduciary to distribute.    (i)    “Net income” means the total receipts allocated to income during an accounting period minus the disbursements made from income during the period, plus or minus transfers under this subtitle to or from income during the period.    (j)    “Person” means an individual, corporation, business trust, statutory trust, estate, trust, partnership, limited liability company, association, joint venture, government; governmental subdivision, agency, or instrumentality; public corporation, or any other legal or commercial entity.    (k)    “Principal” means property held in trust for distribution to a remainder beneficiary when the trust terminates.    (l)    “Remainder beneficiary” means a person entitled to receive principal when an income interest ends.    (m)    “Terms of a trust” means the manifestation of the intent of a settlor or decedent with respect to the trust, expressed in a manner that admits of its proof in a judicial proceeding, whether by written or spoken words or by conduct.    (n)    “Trustee” includes an original, additional, or successor trustee, whether or not appointed or confirmed by a court.    (o)    “Unitrust” means a trust from which the income beneficiary is entitled to receive annually a fixed percentage of the fair market value of the trust’s assets.
MD. Estates and Trusts Code Ann. §  15-502 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Estates and Trusts|Title 15 - Fiduciaries|Subtitle 5 - Maryland Uniform Principal and Income Act|Part I - Definitions; Fiduciary Duties|Section 15-502 - Fiduciary Duties; General Principles

    (a)    In allocating receipts and disbursements to or between principal and income, and with respect to any matter within the scope of Parts II and III of this subtitle, a fiduciary:        (1)    Shall administer a trust or estate in accordance with the terms of the trust or the will, even if there is a different provision in this subtitle;        (2)    May administer a trust or estate by the exercise of a discretionary power of administration given to the fiduciary by the terms of the trust or the will, even if the exercise of the power produces a result different from a result required or permitted by this subtitle;        (3)    Shall administer a trust or estate in accordance with this subtitle if the terms of the trust or the will do not contain a different provision or do not give the fiduciary a discretionary power of administration; and        (4)    Shall add a receipt or charge a disbursement to principal to the extent that the terms of the trust and this subtitle do not provide a rule for allocating the receipt or disbursement to or between principal and income.    (b)    (1)    In exercising a discretionary power of administration regarding a matter within the scope of this subtitle, whether granted by the terms of a trust, a will, or this subtitle, a fiduciary shall administer a trust or estate impartially, based on what is fair and reasonable to all of the beneficiaries, except to the extent that the terms of the trust or the will clearly manifest an intention that the fiduciary shall or may favor one or more of the beneficiaries.        (2)    A determination in accordance with this subtitle is presumed to be fair and reasonable to all of the beneficiaries.
MD. Estates and Trusts Code Ann. §  15-504 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Estates and Trusts|Title 15 - Fiduciaries|Subtitle 5 - Maryland Uniform Principal and Income Act|Part II - Decedent's Estate or Terminating Income Interest|Section 15-504 - Distribution to Residuary and Remainder Beneficiaries

    (a)    (1)    Each beneficiary described in § 15–503(d) of this subtitle is entitled to receive a portion of the net income equal to the beneficiary’s fractional interest in undistributed principal assets, using values as of the distribution date.        (2)    If a fiduciary makes more than one distribution of assets to beneficiaries to whom this section applies, each beneficiary, including one who does not receive part of the distribution, is entitled, as of each distribution date, to the net income the fiduciary has received after the date of death or terminating event or earlier distribution date but has not distributed as of the current distribution date.    (b)    In determining a beneficiary’s share of net income:        (1)    The beneficiary is entitled to receive a portion of the net income equal to the beneficiary’s fractional interest in the undistributed principal assets immediately before the distribution date, including assets that later may be sold to meet principal obligations;        (2)    The beneficiary’s fractional interest in the undistributed principal assets shall be calculated without regard to property specifically given to a beneficiary and property required to pay pecuniary amounts not in trust;        (3)    The beneficiary’s fractional interest in the undistributed principal assets shall be calculated on the basis of the aggregate value of those assets as of the distribution date without reducing the value by any unpaid principal obligation; and        (4)    The distribution date for purposes of this section may be the date as of which the fiduciary calculates the value of the assets if that date is reasonably near the date on which assets are actually distributed.    (c)    If a fiduciary does not distribute all of the collected but undistributed net income to each person as of a distribution date, the fiduciary shall maintain appropriate records showing the interest of each beneficiary in that net income.    (d)    A fiduciary may apply the rules in this section, to the extent that the fiduciary considers it appropriate, to net gain or loss realized after the date of death or terminating event or earlier distribution date from the disposition of a principal asset if this section applies to the income from the asset.
MD. Estates and Trusts Code Ann. §  15-505 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Estates and Trusts|Title 15 - Fiduciaries|Subtitle 5 - Maryland Uniform Principal and Income Act|Part III - Apportionment at Beginning and End of Income Interest|Section 15-505 - When Right to Income Begins and Ends

    (a)    (1)    An income beneficiary is entitled to net income from the date on which the income interest begins.        (2)    An income interest begins on the date specified in the terms of the trust or, if no date is specified, on the date an asset becomes subject to a trust or successive income interest.    (b)    An asset becomes subject to a trust:        (1)    On the date it is transferred to the trust in the case of an asset that is transferred to a trust during the transferor’s life;        (2)    On the date of a testator’s death in the case of an asset that becomes subject to a trust by reason of a will, even if there is an intervening period of administration of the testator’s estate; or        (3)    On the date of an individual’s death in the case of an asset that is transferred to a fiduciary by a third party because of the individual’s death.    (c)    An asset becomes subject to a successive income interest on the day after the preceding income interest ends, as determined under subsection (d) of this section, even if there is an intervening period of administration to wind up the preceding income interest.    (d)    An income interest ends on the day before an income beneficiary dies or another terminating event occurs, or on the last day of a period during which there is no beneficiary to whom a trustee may distribute income.
MD. Estates and Trusts Code Ann. §  15-506 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Estates and Trusts|Title 15 - Fiduciaries|Subtitle 5 - Maryland Uniform Principal and Income Act|Part III - Apportionment at Beginning and End of Income Interest|Section 15-506 - Apportionment of Receipts and Disbursements When Decedent Dies or Income Interest Begins

    (a)    A trustee shall allocate an income receipt or disbursement other than one to which § 15–503(b) of this subtitle applies to principal if its due date occurs before a decedent dies in the case of an estate or before an income interest begins in the case of a trust or successive income interest.    (b)    (1)    A trustee shall allocate an income receipt or disbursement to income if its due date occurs on or after the date on which a decedent dies or an income interest begins and it is a periodic due date.        (2)    An income receipt or disbursement shall be treated as accruing from day to day if its due date is not periodic or it has no due date.        (3)    The portion of the receipt or disbursement accruing before the date on which a decedent dies or an income interest begins shall be allocated to principal and the balance shall be allocated to income.    (c)    (1)    An item of income or an obligation is due on the date the payer is required to make a payment.        (2)    If a payment date is not stated, there is no due date for the purposes of this subtitle.        (3)    Distributions to shareholders or other owners from an entity to which § 15–508 of this subtitle applies are deemed to be due on the date fixed by the entity for determining who is entitled to receive the distribution or, if no date is fixed, on the declaration date for the distribution.        (4)    A due date is periodic for receipts or disbursements that must be paid at regular intervals under a lease or an obligation to pay interest or if an entity customarily makes distributions at regular intervals.
MD. Estates and Trusts Code Ann. §  15-507 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Estates and Trusts|Title 15 - Fiduciaries|Subtitle 5 - Maryland Uniform Principal and Income Act|Part III - Apportionment at Beginning and End of Income Interest|Section 15-507 - Apportionment When Income Interest Ends

    (a)    (1)    In this section, “undistributed income” means net income received before the date on which an income interest ends.        (2)    “Undistributed income” does not include an item of income or expense that is due or accrued or net income that has been added or is required to be added to principal under the terms of the trust.    (b)    (1)    Except as provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection, when a mandatory income interest ends, the trustee shall pay to a mandatory income beneficiary who survives that date, or the estate of a deceased mandatory income beneficiary whose death causes the interest to end, the beneficiary’s share of the undistributed income that is not disposed of under the terms of the trust.        (2)    If a beneficiary has an unqualified power to revoke more than 5% of the trust immediately before the income interest ends, the undistributed income from the portion of the trust that may be revoked shall be added to principal.    (c)    When a trustee’s obligation to pay a fixed annuity or a fixed fraction of the value of the trust’s assets ends, the trustee shall prorate the final payment if and to the extent required by applicable law to accomplish a purpose of the trust or its settlor relating to income, gift, estate, or other tax requirements.
MD. Estates and Trusts Code Ann. §  15-509 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Estates and Trusts|Title 15 - Fiduciaries|Subtitle 5 - Maryland Uniform Principal and Income Act|Part IV - Allocation of Receipts During Administration of Trust|Section 15-509 - Distribution From Trust or Estate

    (a)    A trustee shall allocate to income an amount received as a distribution of income from a trust or an estate in which the trust has an interest other than a purchased interest, and shall allocate to principal an amount received as a distribution of principal from such a trust or estate.    (b)    If a trustee purchases an interest in a trust that is an investment entity, or a decedent or donor transfers an interest in such a trust to a trustee, § 15–508 or § 15–522 of this subtitle applies to a receipt from the trust.