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...

Section 3-102 - Share of Surviving Spouse - (a) The share of a surviving spouse shall be as...

Section 3-103 - Division Among Surviving Issue - The net estate, exclusive of the share of the surviving...

Section 3-104 - Distribution When There Is No Surviving Issue - (a) If there is no surviving issue, the personal representative...

Section 3-105 - Escheat - (a) (1) (i) The provisions of this subsection are applicable...

Section 3-106 - Advancement - (a) If a decedent dies intestate as to a part...

Section 3-107 - After-Born Child - (a) A child of the decedent who is conceived before...

Section 3-108 - Inheritance From Illegitimate Person - (a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section,...

Section 3-109 - Person Related to Decedent Through Two Lines - A person who is related to the decedent through two...

Section 3-110 - Certain Heirs Not Surviving Decedent for 30 Days - (a) If a descendant, ancestor, or descendant of an ancestor...

Section 3-111 - Prohibition of Distribution Upon Commitment of Certain Crimes or Acts - A surviving parent is not entitled under § 3-104 of...

Section 3-112 - Abandonment or Failure to Support Minor Child - (a) A surviving parent is not entitled under § 3-104...

Subtitle 2 - Family Allowance; Dower and Curtesy

Section 3-201 - Family Allowance - (a) The surviving spouse is entitled to receive an allowance...

Section 3-202 - Dower and Curtesy Abolished - The estates of dower and curtesy are abolished.

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...

Section 3-302 - Amount of Share - (a) A child permitted to share in the estate of...

Section 3-303 - Payment - (a) Property distributed pursuant to § 3–302 of this subtitle...

Subtitle 4 - Elective Share of Surviving Spouse

Section 3-401 - Definitions - (a) In this subtitle the following words have the meanings...

Section 3-402 - Purposes - The purposes of this subtitle are: (1) To ensure that...

Section 3-403 - Amount of Elective Share - The surviving spouse may elect to take an elective share...

Section 3-404 - Augmented Estate - (a) (1) Subject to paragraph (2) of this subsection, the...

Section 3-405 - Right of Election of Surviving Spouse - (a) The right of election of a surviving spouse: (1)...

Section 3-406 - Waiver of Right of Election - (a) The right of election of a surviving spouse may...

Section 3-407 - Timing of Election; Withdrawal - (a) (1) The election by a surviving spouse to take...

Section 3-408 - Requirements for Making an Election - (a) (1) An election to take an elective share under...

Section 3-409 - Calculation of Elective Share - (a) On receipt of a written request by the surviving...

Section 3-410 - Payment of Elective Share - (a) This section does not apply if payment of the...

Section 3-411 - Treatment of Property or Other Benefits Upon Election - (a) On the election of the surviving spouse to take...

Section 3-412 - Statement of Payment of Elective Share - (a) (1) On the final payment of an elective share,...

Section 3-413 - Actions by Court in Action Arising Under Subtitle - In an action arising under this subtitle, a court may:...