Md. Code Ann., Est. & Trusts § 13-102
Purposes and construction of title
Effective Oct 1, 2019Added by Acts 1974, c. 11, § 2, eff. July 1, 1974. Amended by Acts 2019, c. 197, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2019.State of Maryland
(a) The purposes of this title are:
- (1) To simplify the administration of the estates of minors and disabled persons;
- (2) To reduce the expenses of administration;
- (3) To clarify the law governing the estates of minors and disabled persons; and
- (4) To eliminate certain provisions of existing law which are archaic, often meaningless under modern procedures, and no longer useful.
- (b) This article shall be liberally construed and applied to promote its underlying purposes.
Added by Acts 1974, c. 11, § 2, eff. July 1, 1974. Amended by Acts 2019, c. 197, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2019.
Formerly Art. 93A, § 104.