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Terms Used In Maryland Code, ESTATES AND TRUSTS 1-205

  • Person: includes an individual, receiver, trustee, guardian, personal representative, fiduciary, representative of any kind, corporation, partnership, business trust, statutory trust, limited liability company, firm, association, or other nongovernmental entity. See
(a) A child includes:

(1) A legitimate child, an adopted child, and an illegitimate child to the extent provided in §§ 1-206 through 1-208 of this subtitle; and

(2) A child conceived from the genetic material of a person after the death of the person if:

(i) The person consented in a written record to use of the person’s genetic material for posthumous conception in accordance with the requirements of § 20-111 of the Health – General Article;

(ii) The person consented in a written record to be the parent of a child posthumously conceived using the person’s genetic material;

(iii) The child is born within 2 years of the person’s death; and

(iv) With respect to any trust, the person was the creator of the trust and the trust became irrevocable on or after October 1, 2012.

(b) A child does not include a stepchild, a foster child, or a grandchild or more remote descendant.