Maryland Code, COURTS AND JUDICIAL PROCEEDINGS 3-105
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- Guardian: A person legally empowered and charged with the duty of taking care of and managing the property of another person who because of age, intellect, or health, is incapable of managing his (her) own affairs.
- including: means includes or including by way of illustration and not by way of limitation. See
- 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) Upon application, the court may direct the guardian to make search for the absentee in any manner the court considers advisable, including one or more of the following methods:
(1) Inserting in one or more suitable periodicals a notice requesting information from any person having knowledge of the absentee’s whereabouts;
(2) Notifying officers of justice and public welfare agencies in appropriate locations of the absentee’s disappearance; or
(3) Engaging the services of an investigating agency.
(b) The expenses of the search shall be taxed as costs and paid out of the property of the absentee.