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LAWS OF MARYLAND

Ch. 464

provisions of a will requiring that on the occurrence of an
event, distribution shall be made by representation or per
stirpes to the issue of:

(1)   Several persons indicated in the will who
are specifically named or in any manner described,
designated, or identified; or

(2)  Persons who are members of a class that is
specifically named, or in any manner described, designated,
or identified.

(d) (1) When the person whose issue are to take by
representation or per stirpes is a person who is a member of
a class or is one of several indicated persons in a will, on
the occurrence of the event designated by the will, the
property to be distributed shall be divided into as many
equal shares as there are:

(i) Members of the class or indicated
persons, as the case may be, who are living at the time of
the occurrence of the event; and

(ii) Members of the class or indicated
persons, as the case may be, who were not living at the time
of the occurrence of the event, but who left issue who were
living at the time of the occurrence of the event.

(2)  Each share shall be divided into as many
equal portions as there are children of each member of the
class or each indicated person whose issue are to take by
representation or per stirpes, excluding those children who
were not living at the time of the occurrence of the event
and who did not leave issue who were living at the time of
the occurrence of the event.

(3)  Distribution of the equal portions shall be
distributed as follows:

(i) One portion shall be distributed to
each child who was living at the occurrence of the event;
and

(ii) The equal portion allocated to a
child who was not living but who left issue who were living
at the time of the occurrence of the event, shall be
distributed in the same manner as distribution is to be made
to the issue of one specified person as provided by
subsection (b).

14-102.

In the absence of express language to the contrary, the
rules contained in §§ 1-202, 1-203, 1-204, 1-205, 1-206,
1-207, 1-208, [and] 1-209, AND 1-210.1 of this article shall