Md. Code Ann., Est. & Trusts § 3-302
Amount of share distributed to child
Effective Oct 1, 2019Added by Acts 1974, c. 11, § 2, eff. July 1, 1974. Amended by Acts 1976, c. 273, § 1; Acts 2019, c. 197, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2019.State of Maryland
(a) A child permitted to share in the estate of a decedent under § 3-301 of this subtitle shall receive from the personal representative an amount equal to the lesser of:
- (1) The distribution which the child would have taken in the event of intestacy; or
- (2) The value of all legacies to children of the testator and issue of deceased children divided by the total number of children of the testator who survive the testator and deceased children leaving issue who take under this subtitle, including the pretermitted child.
- (b) The issue of a pretermitted child who did not survive the testator may take the amount by representation.
Added by Acts 1974, c. 11, § 2, eff. July 1, 1974. Amended by Acts 1976, c. 273, § 1; Acts 2019, c. 197, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2019.
Formerly Art. 93, § 3-302.