Md. Code, Estates and Trusts § 3-107
This is the official text of Md. Code, Estates and Trusts § 3-107, part of Maryland’s Code, Estates and Trusts — governs wills, trusts, and probate.
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§3–107.
Official statutory text
(a) A child of the decedent who is conceived before the death of the decedent, but born afterwards shall inherit as if the child had been born in the lifetime of the decedent.
(b) No other after–born relation may be considered as entitled to distribution in the relation’s own right unless:
(1) The decedent had consented in a written record to use of the decedent’s genetic material for posthumous conception in accordance with the requirements of § 20–111 of the Health – General Article;
(2) The decedent consented in a written record to be the parent of a child posthumously conceived using the person’s genetic material; and
(3) The child posthumously conceived using the decedent’s genetic material is born within 2 years after the death of the decedent.
(b) No other after–born relation may be considered as entitled to distribution in the relation’s own right unless:
(1) The decedent had consented in a written record to use of the decedent’s genetic material for posthumous conception in accordance with the requirements of § 20–111 of the Health – General Article;
(2) The decedent consented in a written record to be the parent of a child posthumously conceived using the person’s genetic material; and
(3) The child posthumously conceived using the decedent’s genetic material is born within 2 years after the death of the decedent.
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