1718                             Laws of Maryland                       Ch. 600

addressee. Any subsequent notice to such person in accordance with
this article shall be sufficient if deposited as ordinary mail, postage
prepaid, addressed to the same address at which the first notice
was received, as evidenced by return through the post office of the
return receipt for such notice, or, after notice in writing from the
said addressee of a change of address, to his new address. If no
return receipt is received apparently signed by the addressee, and
there is no proof of actual notice, no action taken in any proceeding
under this article shall prejudice the rights of the person entitled
to notice unless proof is made by verified writing to the satisfaction
of the court or register that reasonable efforts to locate the addressee
and warn him of the pendency of the action have been made. Any
person, including a guardian or a guardian ad litem, may waive notice
by a writing signed by him or his attorney and filed in the proceed-
ing.

2-209.

Within five days after receiving the text of the first published
newspaper notice as provided in Section 7-103 and the written notice
from the personal representative of the names and addresses of
the heirs and legatees as provided in Section 7-104, the register shall
forward to each such person, [in writing, by delivery or by certified
mail,] in the manner prescribed in the first sentence of Section
1-103, directed according to the information received from the per-
sonal representative, a copy of the newspaper notice published ac-
cording to Section 7-103.

4-403.

Unless a contrary intent is expressly indicated in the will, no
legacy shall lapse or fail of taking effect by reason of the death, sub-
sequent to the execution of the will but prior to the death of the
testator, of any legatee who is (i) actually and specifically named
as legatee, (ii) described or in any manner referred to or designated
or identified as legatee in the will, or (iii) a member of any class
in whose favor a legacy is made. Such legacy shall have the same
effect and operation in law to direct the distribution of the property
directly from the estate of the person who owned such property to
those persons, who would have taken if said legatee had died, testate
or intestate, owning the property; and creditors of the deceased
legatee shall have no interest in the property, whether their claims
are based on contract, tort, tax obligations or otherwise.

4-404.

Unless a contrary intent is expressly indicated in the will, any
property failing to pass under a void or otherwise inoperative legacy,
and which is not provided for in Section 4-403, [and any property
which is the subject of a renounced legacy,] shall be distributed as
part of the estate of the testator to those persons, including legatees,
who would have taken said property if the void [,] or OR inoperative
[or renounced] legacy had not existed. Where a legacy to one of
two or more residuary legatees is void [,] or OR inoperative [or re-
nounced] the other residuary legacies shall be proportionately aug-
mented by the assets which are the subject of such legacy.