File Code: Estates and Trusts
Prior Year Introduction As: SB 537/96 - JPR
- Sponsored By: 
 - 
Senators Frosh and Kelley
 
- Entitled: 
 - 
Maryland Probate Reform Act
 
Authorizing a personal representative of a decedent's estate to serve
without continuing court supervision under specified circumstances;
providing that inventories, accounts, and specified payments are not
subject to court review and approval in unsupervised administration
except as provided; allowing use of tax assessments for valuation of
real property included in an estate; providing that for inheritance
tax purposes the value of property that passes from a decedent is the
value at the date of the decedent's death; etc.
Senate Action
- 1/22
 - First Reading Judicial Proceedings
 - 2/5
 - Hearing 2/27 at 1:00 p.m.
 - 3/17
 - Unfavorable Report by Judicial Proceedings
 
House Action
- No Action
 
- Sponsored by:
 - Senator Brian E. Frosh, District 16
 - Senator Delores G. Kelley, District 10
 
- Bill indexed under the following Subjects:
 - APPRAISALS
 - ASSESSMENTS
 - ATTORNEY GENERAL
 - ESTATES AND TRUSTS -see also- FIDUCIARIES
 - FEES -see also- DEVELOPMENT FEES AND TAXES
 - FORMS
 - INCOME TAX
 - INHERITANCE TAX
 - NOTICES
 - ORPHANS' COURT
 - PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVES
 - PRIVACY
 - REAL PROPERTY
 - REGISTERS OF WILLS
 
- Bill affects the following Statutes:
 -   Estates and Trusts
 - (
 1-101 ,
 1-101 ,
 2-206 ,
 2-210 ,
 2-211 ,
 5-203 ,
 5-206 ,
 7-101 ,
 7-106 ,
 7-201 ,
 7-202 ,
 7-203 ,
 7-301 ,
 7-307 ,
 7-502 ,
 7-503 ,
 7-601 ,
 7-602 ,
 10-101.1 ,
 10-103 
)
 -   Tax - General
 - (
 7-102 ,
 7-204 ,
 7-207 ,
 7-210 ,
 7-214 ,
 7-215 ,
 7-215 ,
 7-217 ,
 7-219 ,
 7-225 ,
 10-205 ,
 10-205 ,
 13-201 ,
 13-601 ,
 13-601 ,
 13-701 ,
 13-806 
)
 
- Bill Text:
 -  First Reading (PDF),
Third Reading, Enrolled 
 - Fiscal Note:
 Available (PDF)