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Terms Used In Maryland Code, ESTATES AND TRUSTS 3-108

  • Intestate: Dying without leaving a will.
  • 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) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, property of an illegitimate person passes in accordance with the usual rules of intestate succession.

(b) The father or the father’s relations of an illegitimate person can inherit only if the illegitimate person is treated as the child of the father pursuant to § 1-205(a)(2) or § 1-208 of this article.