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2015 Maryland Code
COURTS AND JUDICIAL PROCEEDINGS
Title 5 - LIMITATIONS, PROHIBITED ACTIONS, AND IMMUNITIES
Subtitle 8 - IMMUNITIES AND PROHIBITED ACTIONS -- MISCELLANEOUS
§ 5-806 - Parent-child action arising out of motor vehicle operation

MD Cts & Jud Pro Code § 5-806 (2015) What's This?

(a) Applicability. -- This section applies to:

(1) An action by an unemancipated child against a parent of the child; and

(2) An action by a parent against an unemancipated child of the parent.

(b) No restriction by parent-child immunity or insurance provisions. -- The right of action by a parent or the estate of a parent against a child of the parent, or by a child or the estate of a child against a parent of the child, for wrongful death, personal injury, or property damage arising out of the operation of a motor vehicle, as defined in Title 11 of the Transportation Article, may not be restricted by the doctrine of parent-child immunity or by any insurance policy provisions, up to the limits of motor vehicle liability coverage or uninsured motor vehicle coverage.

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