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Terms Used In Maryland Code, ESTATES AND TRUSTS 14.5-812

  • Beneficiary: A person who is entitled to receive the benefits or proceeds of a will, trust, insurance policy, retirement plan, annuity, or other contract. Source: OCC
  • 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
  • Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.
(a) A trustee is not liable to the beneficiary for a breach of trust committed by a former trustee.

(b) A trustee is liable to the beneficiary for a breach of trust if the trustee:

(1) Knows or should know of a situation constituting a breach of trust committed by a former trustee and the trustee improperly permits it to continue;

(2) Neglects to take reasonable steps to compel a former trustee or other person to deliver trust property to the trustee; or

(3) Neglects to take reasonable steps to redress a breach of trust committed by a former trustee.