108                                          LAWS OF MARYLAND                          [Ch. 11

SPECIAL ADMINISTRATOR.

REVISOR'S NOTE; This section presently appears as
Art. 93, §6-402. The only changes are in
style and language.

6-403. POWERS AND DUTIES.

A SPECIAL ADMINISTRATOR SHALL COLLECT, MANAGE, AND
PRESERVE PROPERTY AND ACCOUNT TO THE PERSONAL
REPRESENTATIVE UPON HIS APPOINTMENT. A SPECIAL
ADMINISTRATOR HAS ALL POWERS NECESSARY TO COLLECT,
MANAGE, AND PRESERVE PROPERTY. IN ADDITION, A SPECIAL
ADMINISTRATOR HAS THE OTHER POWERS DESIGNATED FROM TIME
TO TIME BY COURT ORDER.

REVISOR'S NOTE: This section presently appears as
Art. 93, §6—403. The only changes are in
language.

6-404. TERMINATION OF APPOINTMENT.

THE APPOINTMENT OF A SPECIAL ADMINISTRATOR
TERMINATES UPON THE APPOINTMENT OF A PERSONAL
REPRESENTATIVE OR IN THE MANNER PRESCRIBED IN SUBTITLE 3
OF THIS TITLE. THE POWERS OF A SPECIAL ADMINISTRATOR MAY
BE SUSPENDED OR TERMINATED IN THE SAME MANNER AS
PRESCRIBED IN SUBTITLE 3 OF THIS TITLE FOR THE SUSPENSION
AND TERMINATION OF THE POWERS, OR THE REMOVAL, OF A
PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE.

REVISOR'S NOTE: This section presently appears as
Art. 93, §6-404. The only changes are in
style and language.

TITLE 7. ADMINISTRATION OF THE ESTATE.

SUBTITLE 1. DUTIES OF PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE - NOTICE
OF APPOINTMENT.

7-101. DUTIES OF PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE - GENERAL.
(A) FIDUCIARY RESPONSIBILITY.

A PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE IS A FIDUCIARY. HE IS
UNDER A GENERAL DUTY TO SETTLE AND DISTRIBUTE THE ESTATE
OF THE DECEDENT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TERMS OF THE WILL
AND THE ESTATES OF DECEDENTS LAW AS EXPEDITIOUSLY AND
WITH AS LITTLE SACRIFICE OF VALUE AS IS REASONABLE UNDER
THE CIRCUMSTANCES. HE SHALL USE THE AUTHORITY CONFERRED
UPON HIM BY THE ESTATES OF DECEDENTS LAW, BY THE TERMS OF
THE WILL, BY ORDERS IN PROCEEDINGS TO WHICH HE IS PARTY,
AND BY THE EQUITABLE PRINCIPLES GENERALLY APPLICABLE TO
FIDUCIARIES, FAIRLY CONSIDERING THE INTERESTS OF ALL