WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor

Ch. 496

CHAPTER 496

(House Bill 3)

AN ACT concerning

Estates - Notice to Creditors
Creditor's Claims - Limitations

FOR the purpose of requiring a personal representative of an
estate to provide actual notice of the appointment as
personal representative to certain creditors; specifying the
form of the notice; requiring the personal representative to

follow certain procedures under certain circumstances;

providing for certain immunity from personal liability for

personal representatives under certain circumstances;

providing for certain time limitations for certain creditors
to file claims under certain circumstances; making this Act
an emergency measure; and generally relating to providing
notice to creditors of estates.

FOR the purposes of altering certain time limitations on the
presentation of creditor's claims against a decedent's
estate; altering the time during which a personal
representative's initial administration account is required
to be filed; altering the time during which a surviving
spouse may exercise the right to take an elective share;
altering the time during which a personal representative is
required to file proof of publication of a certain notice
and a list of certain claims; providing immunity from
personal liability for personal representatives under
certain circumstances; requiring actual notice to be given
to certain conditions; making this Act an emergency measure;
and generally relating to limitations on filing creditor's
claims against an estate.

BY repealing and reenacting, without amendments,

Article - Estates and Trusts

Section 1-103(a) and 7-103
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1974 Volume and 1988 Supplement)

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

Article - Estates and Trusts

Section 5-503, 5-603, and 8-103(d) Section 2-211(e),

3-206(a), 5-503, 5-603, 5-604, 7-101(c), 7-103,

7-305(a), 8-101(a), 8-102(b), 8-103, 8-104(c), and
8-108(a)

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1974 Volume and 1988 Supplement)

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