(a) In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated.
(b) “Adult” means an individual who has attained the age of 21 years.
(c) “Broker” means a person lawfully engaged in the business of effecting transactions in securities or commodities for the person’s own account or for the account of others.
(d) “Conservator” means a person appointed or qualified by a court to act as general, limited, or temporary guardian of a minor’s property or a person legally authorized to perform substantially the same functions.
(e) “Court” means a circuit court, an orphans’ court, or a court exercising the jurisdiction of an orphans’ court.
(f) “Custodial property” means:
(1) Any interest in property transferred to a custodian under this subtitle; and
(2) The income from and proceeds of that interest in property.
(g) “Custodian” means a person so designated under § 13-309 of this subtitle or a successor or substitute custodian designated under § 13-318 of this subtitle.
(h) “Financial institution” means a bank, trust company, savings institution, or credit union chartered and supervised under State or federal law.
(i) “Legal representative” means an individual’s personal representative or conservator.
(j) “Member of the minor’s family” means the minor’s parent, stepparent, spouse, grandparent, brother, sister, uncle, or aunt, whether of the whole or half blood or by adoption.
(k) “Minor” means an individual who has not attained the age of 21 years.
(l) “Person” means an individual, corporation, organization, or other legal entity.
(m) “Personal representative” means an executor, administrator, successor personal representative, or special administrator of a decedent’s estate or a person legally authorized to perform substantially the same functions.
(n) “Qualified minor’s trust” means a trust, including a trust created by a custodian for the use and benefit of a minor:
(1) Of which a minor is the sole beneficiary during the minor’s lifetime; and
(2) That meets the requirements of § 2503(c) of the Internal Revenue Code and the regulations implementing that section.
(o) “State” includes any state of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and any territory or possession subject to the legislative authority of the United States.
(p) “Transfer” means a transaction that creates custodial property under § 13-309 of this subtitle.
(q) “Transferor” means a person who makes a transfer under this subtitle.
Structure Maryland Statutes
Title 13 - Protection of Minors, Disabled Persons, Susceptible Adults, and Older Adults
Subtitle 3 - Maryland Uniform Transfers to Minors Act
Section 13-301 - Estates and Trusts
Section 13-302 - Law Governing
Section 13-303 - Contingent Transfers
Section 13-304 - Irrevocable Transfer to Custodian by Individual
Section 13-305 - Irrevocable Transfer by Personal Representative or Trustee
Section 13-307 - Irrevocable Transfer by Other Persons Holding Property or Owing Debt to Minor
Section 13-308 - Receipt and Discharge
Section 13-309 - Creation of Custodial Property; When Transfer Made
Section 13-310 - Nature of Custodianship
Section 13-311 - Effect of Transfer
Section 13-312 - Duties and Powers of Custodian
Section 13-313 - Rights of Custodian; Liability
Section 13-314 - Delivery or Payment to Minor or for Minor's Use and Benefit
Section 13-315 - Compensation of Custodian; Bond
Section 13-316 - Liability of Third Persons Dealing With Custodian
Section 13-317 - Claims Against Custodial Property
Section 13-320 - Transfer of Property to Minor
Section 13-321 - Applicability of Subtitle
Section 13-322 - Validation of Prior Transfers