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Maryland Code

Estates and Trusts

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Determining Relationship

State of Maryland

1-201Definitions 1-201.1Application of rules of construction 1-202Surviving spouse defined 1-203Calculation of degrees of relationship 1-204Status of half-relatives 1-205Child defined 1-206Presumption that child is the child of both spouses or domestic partners 1-207Rights of adopted children 1-208Children of parents who are not married or in a registered domestic partnership 1-208.1Rebuttal of the presumption of parentage 1-209Issue defined 1-210Division per stirpes 1-210.1Distribution of shares by representation or per stirpes to issue of specified persons