Section 3-406 – Power to Construe
Any person interested under a deed, will, trust, land patent, written contract, or other writing constituting a contract, or whose rights, status, or other legal relations are affected by a statute, municipal ordinance, administrative rule or regulation, contract, or franchise, may have determined any question of construction or validity arising under the instrument, statute, ordinance, […]
Section 3-407 – Construction of Contracts Before or After Breach
A contract may be construed before or after a breach of the contract.
Section 3-408 – Persons Entitled to Declaration of Rights or Legal Relations in Respect to Trust or Estate of Decedent
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 […]
Section 3-408.1 – Land Patent Proceedings
(a) In this section, “Commissioner”, “land”, and “patent” have the same meanings as provided in Title 13 of the Real Property Article. (b) A court shall render a declaratory judgment in a land patent proceeding on being requested to do so under § 13-407 of the Real Property Article. The party filing for the declaratory judgment shall […]
Section 3-409 – Discretionary Relief
(a) Except as provided in subsection (d) of this section, a court may grant a declaratory judgment or decree in a civil case, if it will serve to terminate the uncertainty or controversy giving rise to the proceeding, and if: (1) An actual controversy exists between contending parties; (2) Antagonistic claims are present between the parties involved which […]
Section 3-410 – Costs
In any proceeding under this subtitle the court may make such award of costs as may seem equitable and just.