Md. Code, Estates and Trusts § 3-303
This is the official text of Md. Code, Estates and Trusts § 3-303, part of Maryland’s Code, Estates and Trusts — governs wills, trusts, and probate.
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§3–303.
Official statutory text
(a) Property distributed pursuant to § 3–302 of this subtitle shall be paid by the personal representative from the legacies of children of the testator and issue of deceased children who take by representation.
(b) (1) Each person shall contribute in the proportion which the person’s legacy bears to all legacies of children of the testator and issue of deceased children taking by representation.
(2) Instead of contributing an interest in specific property to the pretermitted child, a legatee may pay the pretermitted child or the child’s issue, in cash or other property acceptable to the pretermitted child or the child’s issue, an amount equal to the fair market value of the interest in specific property as of the date of death of the testator.
(b) (1) Each person shall contribute in the proportion which the person’s legacy bears to all legacies of children of the testator and issue of deceased children taking by representation.
(2) Instead of contributing an interest in specific property to the pretermitted child, a legatee may pay the pretermitted child or the child’s issue, in cash or other property acceptable to the pretermitted child or the child’s issue, an amount equal to the fair market value of the interest in specific property as of the date of death of the testator.
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