Maryland Code, COURTS AND JUDICIAL PROCEEDINGS 3-229
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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.
- Personal representative: includes an administrator and an executor. See
- Verdict: The decision of a petit jury or a judge.
(a) Notwithstanding the death of a party who made a written agreement to submit a controversy to arbitration, the arbitration proceedings may begin or continue if an application has been filed by or notice given to his personal representative.
(b) If a guardian has been appointed, the proceedings may be continued:
(1) Upon the application of the guardian; or
(2) Upon the notice to the guardian.
(c) Upon the death or incompetence of a party, the court may extend the time within which a petition to confirm, vacate, or modify the award, or to stay arbitration, must be made.
(d) If a party dies after an award was delivered, the subsequent proceedings are the same as where a party dies after a verdict.