Maryland Code, ESTATES AND TRUSTS 10-103
Terms Used In Maryland Code, ESTATES AND TRUSTS 10-103
- Decedent: A deceased person.
- Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
- Legatee: A beneficiary of a decedent
- 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
- Personal representative: includes an administrator and an executor. See
(2) The rights so barred do not include rights to recover from a personal representative for fraud, material mistake, or substantial irregularity.
(b) (1) Except as provided in § 10-102 of this subtitle and § 7-308 of the Tax – General Article, the right of a person seeking to recover property improperly distributed, or the value of it, from a person to whom property has been distributed is forever barred at the later of:
(i) Three years from the death of the decedent; or
(ii) One year from the time of distribution of the property.
(2) This subsection does not bar recovery of property or the value of it received as the result of the heir’s or legatee‘s participation in a fraudulent distribution.