Md. Code, Courts and Judicial Proceedings § 3-408
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§3–408.
Official statutory text
Any person interested as or through a personal representative, trustee, guardian or other fiduciary, creditor, devisee, legatee, heir, next of kin, or beneficiary of a trust, in the administration of a trust, or of the estate of a decedent, a minor, a disabled person, or an insolvent, may have a declaration of rights or legal relations in respect to the trust or the estate of the decedent, minor, disabled person, or insolvent in order to:
(1) Ascertain any class of creditors, devisees, legatees, heirs, next of kin, or others;
(2) Direct the personal representative, guardian, or other fiduciary or trustees to do or abstain from doing any particular act in their fiduciary capacity; or
(3) Determine any question arising in the administration of the estate or trust, including questions of construction of wills and other writings.
(1) Ascertain any class of creditors, devisees, legatees, heirs, next of kin, or others;
(2) Direct the personal representative, guardian, or other fiduciary or trustees to do or abstain from doing any particular act in their fiduciary capacity; or
(3) Determine any question arising in the administration of the estate or trust, including questions of construction of wills and other writings.
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