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MDHB310Intro
25%
Clarifying that a communication between an attorney and a client that acts as a fiduciary is subject to the attorney-client privilege even if fiduciary funds are used to compensate the attorney for services rendered to the client.
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2025-02-03
[Hearing: Feb 5 @ 2:00 pm]
To House Judiciary Committee
MDSB628Intro
25%
Providing that the maximum annual salary of a register of wills may not be more than the salary of a State employee at grade 26, step 20 of the State of Maryland Standard and Bargaining Salary Scale in effect on the day before the register beginning ...
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2025-02-03
[Hearing: Feb 11 @ 1:00 pm]
To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee
MDHB918Intro
25%
Providing that the maximum annual salary of a register of wills may not be more than the salary of a State employee at grade 26, step 20 of the State of Maryland Standard and Bargaining Salary Scale in effect on the day before the register begins a n...
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2025-01-31
To House Judiciary Committee
MDHB928Intro
25%
Prohibiting a testator who is married or in a registered domestic partnership from signing a will in the presence of the testator's spouse or registered domestic partner; prohibiting an individual who witnesses and signs a testator's will from also w...
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2025-01-31
To House Judiciary Committee
MDHB868Intro
25%
Authorizing, under certain circumstances, a personal representative to petition the orphans' court to interpret a decedent's will in accordance with the decedent's intent as demonstrated by certain extrinsic evidence; establishing a certain rebuttabl...
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2025-01-30
To House Judiciary Committee
MDSB466Intro
25%
Prohibiting a caregiver, family member, or household member from knowingly and willfully obtaining the property of an individual the caregiver, family member, or household member knows or reasonably should know is a vulnerable or senior adult with th...
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2025-01-28
[Hearing: Feb 5 @ 2:00 pm]
To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee
MDHB623Intro
25%
Requiring the registers of wills for each county and Baltimore City to, in coordination, establish a centralized website for use by all registers to publish certain notice; altering certain requirements for publication of notice relating to the appoi...
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2025-01-28
[Hearing: Feb 12 @ 1:00 pm]
To House Judiciary Committee
MDHB756Intro
25%
Authorizing a petitioner to request a stay of certain civil actions or proceedings on the filing of a petition for guardianship of the property of an alleged disabled person; requiring, to effectuate service of process for certain civil actions again...
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2025-01-28
[Hearing: Feb 12 @ 1:00 pm]
To House Judiciary Committee
MDHB604Intro
25%
Prohibiting a caregiver, family member, or household member from knowingly and willfully obtaining the property of an individual the caregiver, family member, or household member knows or reasonably should know is a vulnerable or senior adult with th...
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2025-01-27
[Hearing: Feb 11 @ 1:00 pm]
To House Judiciary Committee
MDHB625Intro
25%
Altering the Maryland Uniform Disclaimer of Property Interests Act to provide for the disclaimer of nonprobate transfers at death; providing for the creation, revocation, recordation, and effects of a transfer-on-death deed for real property; requiri...
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2025-01-27
[Hearing: Feb 12 @ 1:00 pm]
To House Judiciary Committee
MDHB660Intro
25%
Authorizing an interested person to file with the register of wills in a county, rather than the orphans' court, a petition for admission of a copy of an executed will in a probate proceeding; authorizing a register to accept a copy of an executed wi...
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2025-01-27
[Hearing: Feb 12 @ 1:00 pm]
To House Judiciary Committee
MDHB323Intro
25%
Clarifying required information for registering a domestic partnership or obtaining a marriage license; and requiring a declaration of domestic partnership filed with the register of wills to include the Social Security number of each domestic partne...
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2025-01-17
[Hearing: Feb 6 @ 1:00 pm]
To House Judiciary Committee
MDSB286Intro
25%
Clarifying required information for registering a domestic partnership or obtaining a marriage license; and requiring a declaration of domestic partnership filed with the register of wills to include the Social Security number of each domestic partne...
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2025-01-16
To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee
MDHB146Intro
25%
Authorizing the trustee of a trust to resign under the Maryland Trust Act on 30 days' notice to qualified beneficiaries, the settlor, if living, all cotrustees, and any person that has a right to replace or appoint a successor to the resigning truste...
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2025-01-10
To House Judiciary Committee
MDHB50Intro
25%
Adding to the conditions under which an individual who creates a trust may not be considered the settlor of that trust with regard to the individual's interest in the trust; and providing that a creditor may not attach, exercise, reach, or otherwise ...
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2025-01-10
To House Judiciary Committee
MDHB88Intro
25%
Specifying the manner in which notice regarding an exercise of the decanting power or the sending of a document under the Maryland Trust Decanting Act is required to be provided.
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2025-01-10
To House Judiciary Committee
MDHB27Intro
25%
Clarifying the commissions that a guardian of the property may charge; authorizing a trustee of a trust to charge compensation that is reasonable under the circumstances; and authorizing trustees who are financial institutions or members of the Maryl...
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2025-01-10
To House Judiciary Committee
MDHB261Intro
25%
Prioritizing the payment of unpaid child support over certain other claims on an estate of a decedent with insufficient assets to pay all claims in full.
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2025-01-10
To House Judiciary Committee
MDSB135Intro
25%
Clarifying that a communication between an attorney and a client that acts as a fiduciary is subject to the attorney-client privilege even if fiduciary funds are used to compensate the attorney for services rendered to the client.
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2025-01-09
To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee
MDSB126Intro
25%
Authorizing the trustee of a trust to resign under the Maryland Trust Act on 30 days' notice to qualified beneficiaries, the settlor, if living, all cotrustees, and any person that has a right to replace or appoint a successor to the resigning truste...
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2025-01-09
To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee
MDSB19Intro
25%
Clarifying the commissions that a guardian of the property may charge; authorizing a trustee of a trust to charge compensation that is reasonable under the circumstances; and authorizing trustees who are financial institutions or members of the Maryl...
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2025-01-09
To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee
MDSB12Intro
25%
Adding to the conditions under which an individual who creates a trust may not be considered the settlor of that trust with regard to the individual's interest in the trust; and providing that a creditor may not attach, exercise, reach, or otherwise ...
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2025-01-09
To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee
MDSB110Intro
25%
Prioritizing the payment of unpaid child support over certain other claims on an estate of a decedent with insufficient assets to pay all claims in full.
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2025-01-09
To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee
MDSB158Intro
25%
Specifying the manner in which notice regarding an exercise of the decanting power or the sending of a document under the Maryland Trust Decanting Act is required to be provided.
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2025-01-09
To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee
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