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2017 Maryland Code
Estates and Trusts
Title 14.5. Maryland Trust Act.
Subtitle 3 - Representation.
§ 14.5-303. Representatives enumerated.
Universal Citation: MD Est & Trusts Code § 14.5-303 (2017)
- To the extent there is no conflict of interest between the representative and the person represented or among those being represented with respect to a particular question or dispute:
- (1) A guardian of the property may represent and bind the minor or disabled person;
- (2) A guardian of the person may represent and bind the minor or disabled person if a guardian of the property has not been appointed;
- (3) An agent having specific authority to act with respect to trust matters may represent and bind the principal;
- (4) A trustee of a trust that is a beneficiary of another trust may represent and bind the beneficiaries of the trust that is the beneficiary of the other trust;
- (5) A personal representative of the estate of a decedent that is a beneficiary of a trust may represent and bind interested persons in the estate;
- (6) A parent may represent and bind the minor, incapacitated, unborn, or unknown child of the parent or child of the parent whose location is unknown and not reasonably ascertainable if a guardian of the property or guardian of the person for the child has not been appointed; and
- (7) If a minor, an incapacitated, unborn, or unknown individual or an individual whose location is unknown and not reasonably ascertainable is not otherwise represented under this section, a grandparent or more remote ancestor may represent and bind the individual.
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