Md. Code, Estates and Trusts § 13.5-401
This is the official text of Md. Code, Estates and Trusts § 13.5-401, part of Maryland’s Code, Estates and Trusts — governs wills, trusts, and probate.
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§13.
Official statutory text
§13.5–401.
If a guardian has not been appointed in this State and a petition for the appointment of a guardian is not pending in this State, a guardian appointed in another state, after giving notice to the appointing court of an intent to register, may register the guardianship order in this State by filing, as a foreign judgment in a court in any appropriate county of this State, certified copies of the order and letters of office.
If a guardian has not been appointed in this State and a petition for the appointment of a guardian is not pending in this State, a guardian appointed in another state, after giving notice to the appointing court of an intent to register, may register the guardianship order in this State by filing, as a foreign judgment in a court in any appropriate county of this State, certified copies of the order and letters of office.
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