<section article="get" article_name="Estates and Trusts" number="12-101" title_number="12" title_name="Effective Date and Applicability" subtitle_number="1" subtitle_name="Effective Date and Application"> <text>The estates of decedents law takes effect at 12:01 a.m. on July 1, 1974.</text> </section> <section article="get" article_name="Estates and Trusts" number="12-102" title_number="12" title_name="Effective Date and Applicability" subtitle_number="1" subtitle_name="Effective Date and Application"> <level label="a"> <text>Unless otherwise specifically provided in another section of the estates of decedents law, the provisions of the estates of decedents law apply as provided in this section.</text> </level> <level label="b"> <level label="1"> <text>Except as provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection, Titles 1, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, and 10 of this article apply to the estate of any decedent dying on or after January 1, 1970.</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>The last sentence of § 7–502(a) of this article shall apply only if the personal representative gives notice as required after July 1, 1974.</text> </level> </level> <level label="c"> <text>Title 2 of this article applies, in every instance, on and after January 1, 1970.</text> </level> <level label="d"> <level label="1"> <level label="i"> <text>Except as provided in subparagraph (ii) of this paragraph, Title 4 of this article applies to any will executed on or after 12:01 a.m. on January 1, 1970.</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>Section 4–105 of this article applies to any act or acts of revocation occurring on or after January 1, 1970.</text> </level> </level> <level label="2"> <level label="i"> <text>Except as provided in subparagraph (ii) of this paragraph, as to the rules relating to any will executed before January 1, 1970, the law before January 1, 1970 shall be applicable.</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>Section 4–403 of this article applies to the legacy of any testator who dies on or after July 1, 1983.</text> </level> </level> <level label="3"> <level label="i"> <text>The provisions of § 4–411 of this article apply to a legacy made by a testator living on June 1, 1959, or born after that date without regard to the date of the execution of the will, the trust instrument, or an amendment to the will or trust instrument.</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>Section 4–411 of this article may not be construed as casting doubt on the validity of:</text> <level label="1"> <text>A legacy made by a testator who died before June 1, 1959; or</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>A legacy that does not come within the provisions of the section.</text> </level> </level> </level> </level> <level label="e"> <level label="1"> <text>Section 11–101 of this article applies to a will or inter vivos transfer executed on or after July 1, 1929.</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>Section 11–102(b)(2) of this article applies to a will or inter vivos instrument executed on or after January 1, 1970.</text> </level> <level label="3"> <text>Section 11–103 of this article applies to:</text> <level label="i"> <text>An inter vivos instrument that took effect on or after June 1, 1960;</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>A will where the testator died after June 1, 1960; or</text> </level> <level label="iii"> <text>Any appointment made after June 1, 1960, including an appointment by inter vivos instrument or will under powers created before June 1, 1960.</text> </level> </level> <level label="4"> <text>Section 11–104 of this article applies to a will or inter vivos conveyance executed after May 31, 1912.</text> </level> <level label="5"> <text>Section 11–106 of this article applies to the estate of any decedent dying on or after June 1, 1967.</text> </level> <level label="6"> <level label="i"> <text>Section 11–107 of this article applies to the estate of any decedent dying on or after January 1, 1970.</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>As to the estate of a decedent dying between October 1, 1964, and December 31, 1969, the provisions of Chapter 918 of the Acts of 1965 apply.</text> </level> </level> <level label="7"> <text>Section 11–108 of this article applies to any releases executed on or after January 1, 1970.</text> </level> <level label="8"> <text>Every provision of Title 11 of this article not specifically mentioned in this subsection became applicable on January 1, 1970.</text> </level> </level> <level label="f"> <text>Section 7–308 of the Tax – General Article applies to the estate of any decedent dying on or after June 1, 1965.</text> </level> </section> <section article="get" article_name="Estates and Trusts" number="12-103" title_number="12" title_name="Effective Date and Applicability" subtitle_number="1" subtitle_name="Effective Date and Application"> <text>Except as otherwise provided in this title:</text> <level label="1"> <text>The administration on or after July 1, 1974 of estates of persons who died before July 1, 1974, shall be governed by those statutes in effect before July 1, 1974; and</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>The administration on or after January 1, 1970 of estates of persons who died before January 1, 1970, shall be governed by those statutes in effect before January 1, 1970.</text> </level> </section>