CHAPTER NUMBER: 118
File Code: Estates and Trusts
- Sponsored By:
-
Delegates Petzold, Dembrow, Heller, Mandel, Menes, and Cryor
- Entitled:
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Estates and Trusts - Small Estates - Maximum Property Value
Increasing to $30,000 the maximum value of an estate necessary to
qualify for administration under the provisions of law for
administration as a small estate; establishing an additional small
estate maximum property value of $50,000 for estate transfers between
spouses; altering the rate structure of small estate fees imposed by
the register of wills; and providing that the Act applies to decedents
who die on or after the effective date of the Act.
House Action
- 1/31
- First Reading Judiciary
- 2/2
- Hearing 2/17 at 1:00 p.m.
- 3/20
- Favorable with Amendments Report by Judiciary
- Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted
- Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- 3/22
- Third Reading Passed (140-0)
- 4/8
- House Concur - Senate Amendments
- Third Reading Passed (132-0)
- Passed Enrolled
- 4/25
- Signed by the Governor Chapter 118
Senate Action
- 3/23
- First Reading Judicial Proceedings
- Hearing 3/28 at 1:00 p.m.
- 4/3
- Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings
- 4/2
- Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted
- Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- 4/4
- Floor Amendment (Senator Green) Adopted
- Third Reading Passed with Amendments (45-0)
- Sponsored by:
- Delegate Carol S. Petzold, District 19
- Delegate Jean B. Cryor, District 15
- Delegate Dana Lee Dembrow, District 20
- Delegate Henry B. Heller, District 19
- Delegate Adrienne A. Mandel, District 19
- Delegate Pauline H. Menes, District 21
- Bill indexed under the following Subjects:
- ESTATES AND TRUSTS
- FEES -see also- DEVELOPMENT FEES AND TAXES
- PERSONAL PROPERTY
- REGISTERS OF WILLS
- Bill affects the following Statutes:
- Estates and Trusts
- (
5-601 ,
5-605 ,
5-606
)
- Bill Text:
First Reading (PDF),
Third Reading (PDF), Enrolled (PDF)
- Fiscal Note:
Available (PDF)
- Amendments:
- House
- Number: 462510/1 (PDF) Offered on: March 20, 2000 at:
8:40 p.m. Status: Adopted
- Senate
- Number: 283028/1 (PDF) Offered on: April 5, 2000 at:
12:46 p.m. Status: Adopted
- Number: 568272/1 (PDF) Offered on: April 4, 2000 at:
10:57 a.m. Status: Adopted
- Roll Call Votes (Legislative dates are shown):
- House
- March 22, 2000: Third Reading Passed (140-0)
- April 8, 2000: Third Reading Passed (132-0)
- Senate
- April 4, 2000: Third Reading Passed with Amendments (45-0)