Maryland Statutes
Estates and Trusts
Title 1 - Estates of Decedents -- General Provisions

Subtitle 1 - Definitions and Use of Terms; Purposes of Titles 1-12

Section 1-101 - Definitions - (a) In the estates of decedents law the following words...

Section 1-102 - Verification - (a) When a writing is required to be verified by...

Section 1-103 - Notice - (a) (1) Unless personal service or some other method of...

Section 1-104 - Dedication of Estates and Trusts Article - This article is dedicated to the memory of Roger D....

Section 1-105 - Purpose of Titles 1-12; Liberal Construction; Presumptions Rebuttable - (a) (1) The purpose of the estates of decedents law...

Subtitle 2 - Determining Relationship

Section 1-201 - Definitions - (a) In this subtitle the following words have the meanings...

Section 1-201.1 - Application of Rules of Construction - In the absence of express language to the contrary, the...

Section 1-202 - Surviving Spouse - (a) A surviving spouse is not: (1) A person who...

Section 1-203 - Degree of Relationship -- Civil Law - (a) Degrees of relationship shall be reckoned according to the...

Section 1-204 - Degree of Relationship -- Relative of Half Blood - A relative of the half blood has the same status...

Section 1-205 - Child - (a) A child includes: (1) A legitimate child, an adopted...

Section 1-206 - Legitimate Child - (a) (1) A child born or conceived during a marriage...

Section 1-207 - Adopted Child - (a) (1) An adopted child shall be treated as a...

Section 1-208 - Illegitimate Child - (a) A child born to parents who have not participated...

Section 1-208.1 - Effect of Presumed Parentage; Rebutting Presumption - (a) An individual who is the presumed parent of a...

Section 1-209 - Issue - (a) In construing all provisions of the estates of decedents...

Section 1-210 - Representation per Stirpes - (a) When provision is made for representation in this article,...

Section 1-210.1 - Representation per Stirpes -- Wills - (a) Unless a contrary intention expressly appears, subsection (b) of...

Subtitle 3 - Property Subject to Article

Section 1-301 - All Property of Decedent; Devolution at Death - (a) All property of a decedent shall be subject to...

Subtitle 4 - Multiple-Party Accounts

Section 1-401 - Nontestamentary Transfers - (a) A provision in an account agreement, as defined in...