A legacy for charitable use may not be void because of an uncertainty with respect to the donees:
(1) If the will making the legacy also contains directions for the formation of a corporation to take the legacy; and
(2) (i) If the legacy is immediate and not subject to a life estate, a corporation is formed in accordance with the directions, capable and willing to receive and administer the legacy, within 12 months from the probate of the will; or
(ii) If the legacy is subject to a life estate, a corporation shall be formed at a time between probate of the will and the end of 12 months following the expiration of a life estate or life estates.
Structure Maryland Statutes
Subtitle 4 - Rules Relating to Legacies
Section 4-401 - Legatee Failing to Survive Testator by 30 Days
Section 4-402 - Presumption That Will Passes All Property
Section 4-404 - Void or Inoperative Legacies
Section 4-405 - Change in Securities
Section 4-407 - Exercise of Power of Appointment
Section 4-408 - Will Passes Entire Interest of Testator
Section 4-409 - Legacy for Charitable Use
Section 4-410 - "Die Without Issue" and Similar Phrases
Section 4-411 - Legacy to Inter Vivos Trust
Section 4-412 - Legacy to Testamentary Trust