2015 Maryland Code
ESTATES AND TRUSTS
Title 6 - THE PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE
Subtitle 3 - SUSPENSION AND TERMINATION OF POWERS
§ 6-304 - Duties of personal representative or guardian of deceased or disabled personal representative

MD Est & Trusts Code § 6-304 (2015) What's This?

The appointment of a personal representative shall be terminated by his death or a judicial determination of his disability. In either case, unless there is a surviving personal representative the personal representative of a deceased personal representative or the person appointed to protect the estate of a personal representative under legal disability shall have the duty to protect property belonging to the estate being administered by the deceased or disabled personal representative, shall have the power to perform acts necessary for the protection of property, shall immediately account for and deliver the property to a successor personal representative or special administrator, and shall immediately apply to the court for the appointment of a special administrator or successor personal representative to carry on the administration of the estate which was being administered by the deceased or disabled personal representative.

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