1. (a) A child includes:

   1. (1) A natural child, an adopted child, and a child to the extent provided in §§ 1-206 through 1-208 of this subtitle; and

   2. (2) A child conceived from the genetic material of a person after the death of the person if:

      1. (i) The person consented in a written record to use of the person's genetic material for posthumous conception in accordance with the requirements of § 20-111 of the Health--General Article;
      2. (ii) The person consented in a written record to be the parent of a child posthumously conceived using the person's genetic material;
      3. (iii) The child is born within 2 years of the person's death; and
      4. (iv) With respect to any trust, the person was the creator of the trust and the trust became irrevocable on or after October 1, 2012.
2. (b) A child does not include a stepchild, a foster child, or a grandchild or more remote descendant.

Added by Acts 1974, c. 11, § 2, eff. July 1, 1974. Amended by Acts 2005, c. 465, § 1, eff. June 1, 2005; Acts 2012, c. 649, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2012; Acts 2013, c. 644, § 1, eff. June 1, 2013; Acts 2023, c. 647, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2023.

Formerly Art. 93, § 1-205.