Ch. 592                                    LAWS OF MARYLAND

(E) THE PROVISIONS OF § 5-201 OF THIS TITLE THAT RELATE TO
A CAUSE OF ACTION OF A MINOR MAY NOT BE CONSTRUED AS LIMITING THE
APPLICATION OF SUBSECTIONS (B) OR (C) OF THIS SECTION.

(F) NOTHING CONTAINED IN THIS SECTION MAY BE CONSTRUED AS
LIMITING THE APPLICATION OF THE PROVISIONS OF:                   

(1) § 5-201 OF THIS TITLE THAT RELATE TO A CAUSE OF
ACTION OF A MENTAL INCOMPETENT; OR

(2) § 5-203 OF THIS TITLE.
5-201.

(a)  When a cause of action subject to a limitation under
Subtitle 1 OF THIS TITLE accrues in favor of a minor or mental
incompetent, that person shall file his action within the lesser
of three years or the applicable period of limitations after the
date the disability is removed.

(b)  This section does not apply if the statute of
limitations has more than three years to run when the disability
is removed.

(c)  Imprisonment, absence from the State, or marriage are
not disabilities which extend the statute of limitations.

5-203.

[If a party is kept in ignorance of a cause of action] IF
THE KNOWLEDGE OF A CAUSE OF ACTION IS KEPT FROM A PARTY by the
fraud of an adverse party, the cause of action shall be deemed to
accrue at the time when the party discovered, or by the exercise
of ordinary diligence should have discovered the fraud.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act applies
only to actions arising from events occurring on or after the
effective date of this Act and may not be applied or interpreted
to have any effect upon or application to any actions arising
from events occurring before the effective date of this Act.
However, the amendment by this Act of provisions of law in effect
prior to the effective date of this Act may not be construed to
preclude the application of those provisions of law to any
actions arising from events occurring before the effective date
of this Act.                             

SECTION 3. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall
take effect July 1, 1987.

Approved June 2, 1987.

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