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MD. Estates and Trusts Code Ann. §  2-212 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Estates and Trusts|Title 2 - The Court|Subtitle 2 - Register of Wills|Section 2-212 - Instructional Materials; Duties of Registers

    (a)    In cooperation with the registers, the Attorney General shall:        (1)    Make available to the public basic instructional materials to assist the public in the procedure and preparation of forms for probate; and        (2)    Review the instructional materials on a regular basis and update them as necessary.    (b)    The registers and designated employees of the registers shall:        (1)    Provide the materials required under subsection (a) of this section to the public; and        (2)    Assist and advise any person who requests assistance or advice in the preparation of any forms for administrative probate under this article.
MD. Estates and Trusts Code Ann. §  2-213 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Estates and Trusts|Title 2 - The Court|Subtitle 2 - Register of Wills|Section 2-213 - Information for Registering With State Donor Registry

    A register shall make available to the public information about registering with the State donor registry.
MD. Estates and Trusts Code Ann. §  2-301 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Estates and Trusts|Title 2 - The Court|Subtitle 3 - Appraisers|Section 2-301 - Appointment by Register; Fees

    (a)    (1)    The register may appoint a reasonable number of standing appraisers to serve at the register’s pleasure.        (2)    Subject to the approval of the Comptroller, the register may fix the conditions of their employment and their remuneration.    (b)    (1)    If a register exercises the register’s authority to appoint standing appraisers, all property required to be independently appraised but not appraised by special appraisers under § 7–202(e) of this article shall be appraised by standing appraisers.        (2)    If a register does not appoint standing appraisers, the register shall, with respect to any estate which contains property required to be independently appraised but not appraised by special appraisers, appoint general appraisers as provided in § 2–302 of this subtitle.    (c)    An appraisal fee is payable only to a person making an appraisal requested by the personal representative, and is always subject to review by the court.
MD. Estates and Trusts Code Ann. §  2-302 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Estates and Trusts|Title 2 - The Court|Subtitle 3 - Appraisers|Section 2-302 - Designation of General Appraisers

    (a)    On application by the personal representative in accordance with § 7–202(b) of this article for the appointment of general appraisers, the register shall designate one or more qualified persons not related to the decedent nor interested in the administration.    (b)    On designation of the general appraisers, the register shall issue a warrant authorizing and directing them jointly to appraise all property of the estate of the decedent required to be independently appraised but not specially appraised under § 7–202(e) of this article.    (c)    If an appraiser shall fail to act, the register shall make a new designation and issue a new warrant on application by the personal representative.
MD. Estates and Trusts Code Ann. §  2-303 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Estates and Trusts|Title 2 - The Court|Subtitle 3 - Appraisers|Section 2-303 - Duty of Appraisers

    (a)    An appraiser shall perform his duty expeditiously.    (b)    (1)    The appraisal shall be in columnar form, and state generally each item that has been appraised and the value of each item in dollars and cents.        (2)    The appraisal shall contain a statement signed and verified by the appraisers certifying that they have impartially valued the property described in the appraisal to the best of their skill and judgment.    (c)    The appraisal shall immediately on completion and verification be delivered to the personal representative.
MD. Estates and Trusts Code Ann. §  3-101 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Estates and Trusts|Title 3 - Intestate Succession and Statutory Shares|Subtitle 1 - Intestate Succession|Section 3-101 - Order of Distribution of Net Intestate Estate

    Any part of the net estate of a decedent not effectively disposed of by the decedent’s will shall be distributed by the personal representative to the heirs of the decedent in the order prescribed in this subtitle.
MD. Estates and Trusts Code Ann. §  3-102 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Estates and Trusts|Title 3 - Intestate Succession and Statutory Shares|Subtitle 1 - Intestate Succession|Section 3-102 - Share of Surviving Spouse

    (a)    The share of a surviving spouse shall be as provided in this section.    (b)    If there is a surviving minor child, the share shall be one–half.    (c)    If there is no surviving minor child, but there is surviving issue, the share shall be the first $40,000 plus one–half of the residue.    (d)    If there is no surviving issue but a surviving parent, and the surviving spouse and the decedent had been married for less than 5 years, the share shall be the first $40,000 plus one–half of the residue.    (e)    If there is no surviving issue but a surviving parent, and the surviving spouse and the decedent had been married for at least 5 years, the share shall be the whole estate.    (f)    If there is no surviving issue or parent, the share shall be the whole estate.    (g)    For the purposes of this section, the net estate shall be calculated without a deduction for the tax as defined in § 7–308 of the Tax – General Article.
MD. Estates and Trusts Code Ann. §  3-103 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Estates and Trusts|Title 3 - Intestate Succession and Statutory Shares|Subtitle 1 - Intestate Succession|Section 3-103 - Division Among Surviving Issue

    The net estate, exclusive of the share of the surviving spouse, or the entire net estate if there is no surviving spouse, shall be divided equally among the surviving issue, by representation as defined in § 1–210 of this article.
MD. Estates and Trusts Code Ann. §  3-105 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Estates and Trusts|Title 3 - Intestate Succession and Statutory Shares|Subtitle 1 - Intestate Succession|Section 3-105 - Escheat

    (a)    (1)    (i)    The provisions of this subsection are applicable if there is no person entitled to take under §§ 3–102 through 3–104 of this subtitle.            (ii)    The provisions of this subsection do not apply to any portion of a decedent’s estate that is comprised of land that is the subject of an application for a certificate of reservation for public use under Title 13, Subtitle 3 of the Real Property Article.        (2)    (i)    If an individual was a recipient of long–term care benefits under the Maryland Medical Assistance Program at the time of the individual’s death, the net estate shall be converted to cash and paid to the Maryland Department of Health, and shall be applied for the administration of the program.            (ii)    If the provisions of subparagraph (i) of this paragraph are not applicable, the net estate shall be converted to cash and paid to the board of education in the county in which the letters were granted, and shall be applied for the use of the public schools in the county.    (b)    (1)    After payment has been made to the Maryland Department of Health or to the board of education, if a claim for refund is filed by a relative within the fifth degree living at the death of the decedent or by the personal representative of the relative, and the claim is allowed, the claimant shall be entitled to a refund, without interest, of the sum paid.        (2)    A claim for refund under this subsection may not be filed after the later of:            (i)    3 years after the death of the decedent; or            (ii)    1 year after the time of distribution of the property.
MD. Estates and Trusts Code Ann. §  3-106 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Estates and Trusts|Title 3 - Intestate Succession and Statutory Shares|Subtitle 1 - Intestate Succession|Section 3-106 - Advancement

    (a)    If a decedent dies intestate as to a part of the decedent’s net estate, property which the decedent gave in the decedent’s lifetime to an heir shall be treated as an advancement against the share of the latter of the net estate if declared in writing by the decedent or acknowledged in writing by the heir to be an advancement.    (b)    For this purpose the property advanced shall be valued as of the time the heir came into possession or enjoyment of the property.    (c)    If the recipient of the property fails to survive the decedent, the property shall be taken into account in computing the share of the issue of the recipient.    (d)    An advancement to an heir other than the surviving spouse may not increase the share of the surviving spouse under § 3–102 of this subtitle.
MD. Estates and Trusts Code Ann. §  3-107 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Estates and Trusts|Title 3 - Intestate Succession and Statutory Shares|Subtitle 1 - Intestate Succession|Section 3-107 - After-Born Child

    (a)    A child of the decedent who is conceived before the death of the decedent, but born afterwards shall inherit as if the child had been born in the lifetime of the decedent.    (b)    No other after–born relation may be considered as entitled to distribution in the relation’s own right unless:        (1)    The decedent had consented in a written record to use of the decedent’s genetic material for posthumous conception in accordance with the requirements of § 20–111 of the Health – General Article;        (2)    The decedent consented in a written record to be the parent of a child posthumously conceived using the person’s genetic material; and        (3)    The child posthumously conceived using the decedent’s genetic material is born within 2 years after the death of the decedent.
MD. Estates and Trusts Code Ann. §  3-108 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Estates and Trusts|Title 3 - Intestate Succession and Statutory Shares|Subtitle 1 - Intestate Succession|Section 3-108 - Inheritance From Illegitimate Person

    (a)    Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, property of an illegitimate person passes in accordance with the usual rules of intestate succession.    (b)    The father or the father’s relations of an illegitimate person can inherit only if the illegitimate person is treated as the child of the father pursuant to § 1–205(a)(2) or § 1–208 of this article.
MD. Estates and Trusts Code Ann. §  3-109 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Estates and Trusts|Title 3 - Intestate Succession and Statutory Shares|Subtitle 1 - Intestate Succession|Section 3-109 - Person Related to Decedent Through Two Lines

    A person who is related to the decedent through two lines of relationship is entitled to only a single share based on the relationship which would entitle the person to the larger share.
MD. Estates and Trusts Code Ann. §  3-110 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Estates and Trusts|Title 3 - Intestate Succession and Statutory Shares|Subtitle 1 - Intestate Succession|Section 3-110 - Certain Heirs Not Surviving Decedent for 30 Days

    (a)    If a descendant, ancestor, or descendant of an ancestor of the decedent, fails to survive the decedent by 30 full days, the descendant, ancestor, or descendant of an ancestor of the decedent:        (1)    Shall be considered to have predeceased the decedent for purposes of intestate succession; and        (2)    Is not to be entitled to the rights of an heir.    (b)    If the time of death of the decedent or of the descendant, ancestor, or descendant of an ancestor of the decedent, who would otherwise be an heir, or the times of death of both, cannot be determined, so that it cannot be established that the descendant, ancestor, or descendant of an ancestor of the decedent has survived the decedent by 30 full days, the descendant, ancestor, or descendant of an ancestor of the decedent may not be considered to have survived for the required period.
MD. Estates and Trusts Code Ann. §  3-111 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Estates and Trusts|Title 3 - Intestate Succession and Statutory Shares|Subtitle 1 - Intestate Succession|Section 3-111 - Prohibition of Distribution Upon Commitment of Certain Crimes or Acts

    A surviving parent is not entitled under § 3-104 of this subtitle to a distribution of the net estate of a child of the parent if:         (1)    (i)    The parent is convicted under §§ 3-303 through 3-308, § 3-323, § 3-601, or § 3-602 of the Criminal Law Article; or            (ii)    The parent committed any act prohibited under §§ 3-303 through 3-308, § 3-323, § 3-601, or § 3-602 of the Criminal Law Article;        (2)    The other parent of the child is the victim of the crime or act described under item (1) of this section; and        (3)    The other parent of the child is a child of the parent.
MD. Estates and Trusts Code Ann. §  3-112 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Estates and Trusts|Title 3 - Intestate Succession and Statutory Shares|Subtitle 1 - Intestate Succession|Section 3-112 - Abandonment or Failure to Support Minor Child

    (a)    A surviving parent is not entitled under § 3-104 of this subtitle to a distribution of the net estate of a minor child of the parent if the parent:        (1)    Abandoned the child; or        (2)    Willfully failed to contribute to the support of the child for at least 3 consecutive years immediately preceding the death of the child or for the life of the child, whichever is less.    (b)    A parent shall be deemed to have abandoned a minor child under subsection (a)(1) of this section if the conduct of the parent demonstrates a settled purpose willfully and intentionally to relinquish all parental rights and duties with respect to the child and to renounce and forsake the child entirely.
MD. Estates and Trusts Code Ann. §  3-201 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Estates and Trusts|Title 3 - Intestate Succession and Statutory Shares|Subtitle 2 - Family Allowance; Dower and Curtesy|Section 3-201 - Family Allowance

    (a)    The surviving spouse is entitled to receive an allowance of $10,000 for personal use.    (b)    An allowance of $5,000 for the use of each unmarried child of the decedent who has not attained the age of 18 years at the time of the death of the decedent shall be paid by the personal representative as provided in § 13–501 of this article.
MD. Estates and Trusts Code Ann. §  3-202 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Estates and Trusts|Title 3 - Intestate Succession and Statutory Shares|Subtitle 2 - Family Allowance; Dower and Curtesy|Section 3-202 - Dower and Curtesy Abolished

    The estates of dower and curtesy are abolished.
MD. Estates and Trusts Code Ann. §  3-301 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Estates and Trusts|Title 3 - Intestate Succession and Statutory Shares|Subtitle 3 - Statutory Share of Pretermitted Child and Issue|Section 3-301 - When Entitled to Share

    (a)    A will may not be revoked by the subsequent birth, adoption, or legitimation of a child by the testator except under the circumstances referred to in § 4–105(3) of this article.    (b)    A child described in subsection (a) of this section or issue, if any, of such child who does not survive the testator, is entitled to a share in the estate to be determined and paid in accordance with §§ 3–302 and 3–303 of this subtitle, if:        (1)    The will contains a legacy for a child of the testator but makes no provision for a person who becomes a child of the testator subsequent to the execution of the will;        (2)    The child was born, adopted, or legitimated after the execution of the will;        (3)    The child, or the child’s issue, survive the testator; and        (4)    The will does not expressly state that the child, or the child’s issue, should be omitted.
MD. Estates and Trusts Code Ann. §  3-302 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Estates and Trusts|Title 3 - Intestate Succession and Statutory Shares|Subtitle 3 - Statutory Share of Pretermitted Child and Issue|Section 3-302 - Amount of Share

    (a)    A child permitted to share in the estate of a decedent under § 3–301 of this subtitle shall receive from the personal representative an amount equal to the lesser of:        (1)    The distribution which the child would have taken in the event of intestacy; or        (2)    The value of all legacies to children of the testator and issue of deceased children divided by the total number of children of the testator who survive the testator and deceased children leaving issue who take under this subtitle, including the pretermitted child.    (b)    The issue of a pretermitted child who did not survive the testator may take the amount by representation.
MD. Estates and Trusts Code Ann. §  3-303 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Estates and Trusts|Title 3 - Intestate Succession and Statutory Shares|Subtitle 3 - Statutory Share of Pretermitted Child and Issue|Section 3-303 - Payment

    (a)    Property distributed pursuant to § 3–302 of this subtitle shall be paid by the personal representative from the legacies of children of the testator and issue of deceased children who take by representation.    (b)    (1)    Each person shall contribute in the proportion which the person’s legacy bears to all legacies of children of the testator and issue of deceased children taking by representation.        (2)    Instead of contributing an interest in specific property to the pretermitted child, a legatee may pay the pretermitted child or the child’s issue, in cash or other property acceptable to the pretermitted child or the child’s issue, an amount equal to the fair market value of the interest in specific property as of the date of death of the testator.
MD. Estates and Trusts Code Ann. §  3-402 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Estates and Trusts|Title 3 - Intestate Succession and Statutory Shares|Subtitle 4 - Elective Share of Surviving Spouse|Section 3-402 - Purposes

    The purposes of this subtitle are:        (1)    To ensure that a surviving spouse is reasonably provided for during the surviving spouse’s remaining lifetime; and        (2)    Subject to item (1) of this section, to provide a testator flexibility in ordering the testator’s affairs.
MD. Estates and Trusts Code Ann. §  3-403 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Estates and Trusts|Title 3 - Intestate Succession and Statutory Shares|Subtitle 4 - Elective Share of Surviving Spouse|Section 3-403 - Amount of Elective Share

    The surviving spouse may elect to take an elective share of an estate subject to election as follows:        (1)    If there is surviving issue, the elective share shall equal one–third of the value of the estate subject to election, reduced by the value of all spousal benefits; or        (2)    If there is no surviving issue, the elective share shall equal one–half of the value of the estate subject to election, reduced by the value of all spousal benefits.
MD. Estates and Trusts Code Ann. §  3-405 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Estates and Trusts|Title 3 - Intestate Succession and Statutory Shares|Subtitle 4 - Elective Share of Surviving Spouse|Section 3-405 - Right of Election of Surviving Spouse

    (a)    The right of election of a surviving spouse:        (1)    Is personal to the surviving spouse;        (2)    Is not transferable; and        (3)    Cannot be exercised after the surviving spouse’s death.    (b)    Subject to subsection (c) of this section, if the surviving spouse is a minor or incapacitated within the meaning of § 17–101(c) of this article, the election may be exercised by:        (1)    An order of the court having jurisdiction of the person or property of the minor or incapacitated person;        (2)    A guardian of the property of the surviving spouse who has been specifically authorized to make the election by order of the court having supervision of the guardianship; or        (3)    An agent designated by the surviving spouse under a power of attorney that specifically authorizes the agent to make the election.    (c)    (1)    Before a guardian of the property of the surviving spouse or an agent designated by the surviving spouse under a power of attorney may exercise a right of election under subsection (b) of this section, the guardian of the property or the agent shall deliver notice of the election to:            (i)    All interested persons in the decedent’s estate; and            (ii)    All persons who would inherit from the surviving spouse under Subtitle 1 of this title if the surviving spouse died intestate and unmarried at the time the election is made.        (2)    An exercise of a right of election under subsection (b) of this section is valid unless:            (i)    Within 30 days following the delivery of notice of the election in accordance with paragraph (1) of this subsection, a person makes an objection to the election in the court in which the election was filed; and            (ii)    Following a hearing on that objection, the court rules that the election is not in the best interests of the surviving spouse.
MD. Estates and Trusts Code Ann. §  3-406 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Estates and Trusts|Title 3 - Intestate Succession and Statutory Shares|Subtitle 4 - Elective Share of Surviving Spouse|Section 3-406 - Waiver of Right of Election

    (a)    The right of election of a surviving spouse may be waived before or after marriage by a written contract, agreement, or waiver signed by the party waiving the right of election.    (b)    Unless the waiver provides to the contrary, a waiver of “all rights”, or equivalent language, in the property or estate of a present or prospective spouse or a complete property settlement entered into after or in anticipation of separation or divorce is a waiver of all rights of family allowance and elective share by each spouse in the property of the other and the right to letters under § 5–104 of this article, and is an irrevocable renunciation by each spouse of all benefits that would otherwise pass to the spouse from the other by intestate succession, by elective share, or by virtue of a will or revocable trust of the present or prospective spouse executed before the waiver or property settlement.
MD. Estates and Trusts Code Ann. §  3-407 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Estates and Trusts|Title 3 - Intestate Succession and Statutory Shares|Subtitle 4 - Elective Share of Surviving Spouse|Section 3-407 - Timing of Election; Withdrawal

    (a)    (1)    The election by a surviving spouse to take an elective share shall be made within the later of:            (i)    9 months after the date of the decedent’s death; or            (ii)    6 months after the first appointment of a personal representative.        (2)    (i)    Within the period for making an election, the surviving spouse may file with the court a petition for an extension of time, with a copy given to the personal representative.            (ii)    For good cause shown, the court may extend the time for election for a period not to exceed 3 months at a time.    (b)    The surviving spouse may withdraw the election at any time before the expiration of the time for making the election to take an elective share.
MD. Estates and Trusts Code Ann. §  3-408 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Estates and Trusts|Title 3 - Intestate Succession and Statutory Shares|Subtitle 4 - Elective Share of Surviving Spouse|Section 3-408 - Requirements for Making an Election

    (a)    (1)    An election to take an elective share under this subtitle:            (i)    Shall be in writing and signed by the surviving spouse or other person entitled to make the election under § 3–405 of this subtitle; and            (ii)    1.    Shall be filed in the court in which the personal representative of the decedent was appointed; or                2.    If no personal representative of the decedent has been appointed, shall be filed in the court for the jurisdiction in which the venue would be proper under § 5–103 of this article.        (2)    Notice of the filing of an election to take an elective share under paragraph (1) of this subsection may be delivered to:            (i)    The trustee of each revocable trust of the decedent; or            (ii)    The person responsible for filing the estate tax return, if different from the trustee.    (b)    The election may be in the following form: