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Home » US Law » 2022 Maryland Statutes » Courts and Judicial Proceedings » Title 3 - Courts of General Jurisdiction -- Jurisdiction/special Causes of Action » Subtitle 4 - Declaratory Judgment » 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 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.