Maryland Code, FAMILY LAW 8-201
Terms Used In Maryland Code, FAMILY LAW 8-201
- Dependent: A person dependent for support upon another.
- Gift: A voluntary transfer or conveyance of property without consideration, or for less than full and adequate consideration based on fair market value.
- gift: includes an inter vivos gift, inter vivos endowment, bequest, devise, legacy, or testamentary endowment of any interest in real or personal property. See
- Personal property: All property that is not real property.
- Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
- state: means :
(1) a state, possession, territory, or commonwealth of the United States; or
(2) the District of Columbia. See
(b) “Child” means a child:
(1) under the age of 18 years; or
(2) 18 years old or older and dependent on a parent because of mental or physical infirmity.
(c) (1) “Family home” means the property in this State that:
(i) was used as the principal residence of the parties when they lived together;
(ii) is owned or leased by 1 or both of the parties at the time of the proceeding; and
(iii) is being used or will be used as a principal residence by 1 or both of the parties and a child.
(2) “Family home” does not include property:
(i) acquired before the marriage;
(ii) acquired by inheritance or gift from a third party; or
(iii) excluded by valid agreement.
(d) (1) “Family use personal property” means tangible personal property:
(i) acquired during the marriage;
(ii) owned by 1 or both of the parties; and
(iii) used primarily for family purposes.
(2) “Family use personal property” includes:
(i) motor vehicles;
(ii) furniture;
(iii) furnishings; and
(iv) household appliances.
(3) “Family use personal property” does not include property:
(i) acquired by inheritance or gift from a third party; or
(ii) excluded by valid agreement.
(e) (1) “Marital property” means the property, however titled, acquired by 1 or both parties during the marriage.
(2) “Marital property” includes any interest in real property held by the parties as tenants by the entirety unless the real property is excluded by valid agreement.
(3) Except as provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection, “marital property” does not include property:
(i) acquired before the marriage;
(ii) acquired by inheritance or gift from a third party;
(iii) excluded by valid agreement; or
(iv) directly traceable to any of these sources.