<section article="get" article_name="Estates and Trusts" number="13.5-101" title_number="13.5" title_name="Maryland Uniform Adult Guardianship and Protective Proceedings Jurisdiction Act" subtitle_number="1" subtitle_name="General Provisions"> <level label="a"> <text>In this title the following words have the meanings indicated.</text> </level> <level label="b"> <text>“Conservator” means a person appointed by a court to administer the property of an adult, including a person appointed as guardian under Title 13, Subtitle 2 of this article to manage the property of a disabled person.</text> </level> <level label="c"> <text>“Emergency” means a circumstance that likely will result in a substantial harm to the health, safety, or welfare of a respondent, and for which the appointment of a guardian is necessary because no other person has authority and is willing to act on behalf of the respondent.</text> </level> <level label="d"> <text>“Guardian” means a person appointed by a court to make decisions regarding the person of an adult, including a person appointed under Title 13, Subtitle 7 of this article.</text> </level> <level label="e"> <text>“Guardianship order” means an order appointing a guardian.</text> </level> <level label="f"> <text>“Guardianship proceeding” means a proceeding in which an order for the appointment of a guardian is sought or has been issued.</text> </level> <level label="g"> <text>“Home state” means the state in which the respondent was physically present for at least 6 consecutive months, including a period of temporary absence, immediately before the filing of a petition for the appointment of a guardian or protective order.</text> </level> <level label="h"> <text>“Incapacitated person” means an adult for whom a guardian has been appointed, including a “disabled person” as defined in § 13–101 of this article.</text> </level> <level label="i"> <text>“Party” means the respondent, petitioner, guardian, conservator, or any other person allowed by the court to participate in a guardianship or protective proceeding.</text> </level> <level label="j"> <text>“Protected person” means an adult for whom a protective order has been made.</text> </level> <level label="k"> <text>“Protective order” means an order appointing a conservator or a guardian of the property in accordance with Title 13, Subtitle 2 of this article, or another court order related to management of an adult’s property.</text> </level> <level label="l"> <text>“Protective proceeding” means a judicial proceeding in which a protective order is sought or has been issued.</text> </level> <level label="m"> <text>“Record” means information that is inscribed on a tangible medium or that is stored in an electronic or other medium and is retrievable in perceivable form.</text> </level> <level label="n"> <text>“Respondent” means an adult for whom a protective order or the appointment of a guardian is sought.</text> </level> <level label="o"> <level label="1"> <text>“Significant–connection state” means a state, other than the home state, with which a respondent has a significant connection other than mere physical presence and in which substantial evidence concerning the respondent is available.</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>Determination of whether a respondent has a significant connection with a particular state shall include consideration of the following factors:</text> <level label="i"> <text>The location of the family of the respondent and others required to be notified of the guardianship or protective proceeding;</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>The length of time the respondent at any time was physically present in the state and the duration of any absences;</text> </level> <level label="iii"> <text>The location of the respondent’s property; and</text> </level> <level label="iv"> <text>The extent to which the respondent has other ties to the state such as voting registration, filing of state or local tax returns, vehicle registration, driver’s license, social relationships, and receipt of services.�</text> </level> </level> </level> <level label="p"> <text>“State” means a state of the United States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, a federally recognized Indian tribe, or any territory or insular possession subject to the jurisdiction of the United States.</text> </level> </section> <section article="get" article_name="Estates and Trusts" number="13.5-102" title_number="13.5" title_name="Maryland Uniform Adult Guardianship and Protective Proceedings Jurisdiction Act" subtitle_number="1" subtitle_name="General Provisions"> <level label="a"> <text>Subject to subsection (b) of this section, a court of this State may treat a foreign country as if the country were a state for the purpose of applying Subtitles 1, 2, 3, and 5 of this title.</text> </level> <level label="b"> <text>Unless a court of this State finds by a preponderance of the evidence that a foreign country applies and follows substantive and procedural due process consistent with the practices and policies of the State of Maryland, the court:</text> <level label="1"> <text>May not request a court in the foreign country to issue an order or hold a hearing;</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>May not decline to exercise jurisdiction if, by declining jurisdiction in this State, a court in the foreign country may obtain jurisdiction;</text> </level> <level label="3"> <text>May not dismiss or stay a proceeding in this State requested or ordered by a court in the foreign country;</text> </level> <level label="4"> <text>May not determine that a court in the foreign country is an appropriate forum;</text> </level> <level label="5"> <text>May decline to comply with notice requirements of the foreign country or this title;</text> </level> <level label="6"> <text>May proceed with the case if this State is otherwise an appropriate forum;</text> </level> <level label="7"> <text>May not issue an order or provisional order to transfer a guardianship or conservatorship to the foreign country; and</text> </level> <level label="8"> <text>May not recognize under any provision of law a guardianship or conservatorship order from the foreign country.</text> </level> </level> </section> <section article="get" article_name="Estates and Trusts" number="13.5-103" title_number="13.5" title_name="Maryland Uniform Adult Guardianship and Protective Proceedings Jurisdiction Act" subtitle_number="1" subtitle_name="General Provisions"> <level label="a"> <level label="1"> <text>A court of this State may communicate with a court in another state concerning a proceeding arising under this title.</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>The court may allow the parties to participate in a communication described in paragraph (1) of this subsection.</text> </level> <level label="3"> <level label="i"> <text>Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b) of this section, the court shall make a record of the communication.</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>A record described in this paragraph may be limited to the fact that the communication occurred.</text> </level> </level> </level> <level label="b"> <text>A court communicating with a court in another state under this section may communicate concerning schedules, calendars, court records, and other administrative matters without making a record.</text> </level> </section> <section article="get" article_name="Estates and Trusts" number="13.5-104" title_number="13.5" title_name="Maryland Uniform Adult Guardianship and Protective Proceedings Jurisdiction Act" subtitle_number="1" subtitle_name="General Provisions"> <level label="a"> <text>In a guardianship or protective proceeding in this State, a court of this State may request the appropriate court of another state to:</text> <level label="1"> <text>Hold an evidentiary hearing;</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>Order a person in the other state to produce or give evidence in accordance with procedures of that state;</text> </level> <level label="3"> <text>Order that an evaluation or assessment be made of the respondent, or order an appropriate investigation of a person involved in a proceeding;</text> </level> <level label="4"> <text>Forward to the court of this State a certified copy of the transcript or other record of a hearing under item (1) of this subsection or any other proceeding, evidence otherwise presented under item (2) of this subsection, and any evaluation or assessment prepared in compliance with a request under item (3) of this subsection;</text> </level> <level label="5"> <text>Issue any other order necessary to ensure the appearance of a person necessary to make a determination, including the respondent or the incapacitated or protected person; and</text> </level> <level label="6"> <text>Issue an order authorizing the release of medical, financial, criminal, or other relevant information in the other state, including protected health information as defined in 45 C.F.R. § 164.504.</text> </level> </level> <level label="b"> <text>If a court of another state in which a guardianship or protective proceeding is pending requests assistance of the kind provided in subsection (a) of this section, a court of this State has jurisdiction for the limited purpose of granting the request or making reasonable efforts to comply with the request.</text> </level> </section> <section article="get" article_name="Estates and Trusts" number="13.5-105" title_number="13.5" title_name="Maryland Uniform Adult Guardianship and Protective Proceedings Jurisdiction Act" subtitle_number="1" subtitle_name="General Provisions"> <level label="a"> <level label="1"> <text>In a guardianship proceeding or protective proceeding, in addition to other procedures that may be available, testimony of witnesses who are located in another state may be offered by deposition or other means allowable in this State for testimony taken in the other state.</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>The court on its own motion may order that the testimony of a witness be taken in another state and may prescribe the manner in which and the terms on which the testimony is to be taken.</text> </level> </level> <level label="b"> <level label="1"> <text>In a guardianship proceeding or protective proceeding, a court in this State may permit a witness located in another state to be deposed or to testify by telephone or audiovisual or other electronic means.</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>A court of this State shall cooperate with courts of other states in designating an appropriate location for a deposition or testimony in a guardianship proceeding or protective proceeding under this section.</text> </level> </level> </section> <section article="get" article_name="Estates and Trusts" number="13.5-201" title_number="13.5" title_name="Maryland Uniform Adult Guardianship and Protective Proceedings Jurisdiction Act" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="Jurisdiction"> <text>A court of this State has jurisdiction to appoint a guardian or issue a protective order for a respondent if:</text> <level label="1"> <text>This State is the home state of the respondent;</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>On the date the petition is filed, this State is a significant–connection state and:</text> <level label="i"> <text>The respondent does not have a home state or a court of the home state of the respondent has declined to exercise jurisdiction because this State is a more appropriate forum; or</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>The respondent has a home state, a petition for the appointment of a guardian or protective order is not pending in a court of that state or another significant–connection state, and, before the court makes the appointment or issues the order:</text> <level label="1"> <text>A petition for an appointment or order is not filed in the home state of the respondent;</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>An objection to the jurisdiction of the court is not filed by a person required to be notified of the proceeding; and</text> </level> <level label="3"> <text>The court concludes that the court is an appropriate forum under the factors set forth in § 13.5–204 of this subtitle;</text> </level> </level> </level> <level label="3"> <level label="i"> <text>This State does not have jurisdiction under item (1) or (2) of this subsection; and</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>The home state of the respondent and all significant–connection states have declined to exercise jurisdiction because:</text> <level label="1"> <text>This State is the more appropriate forum; and</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>Jurisdiction in this State is consistent with the constitutions of this State and the United States; or</text> </level> </level> </level> <level label="4"> <text>The requirements for special jurisdiction under § 13.5–202 of this subtitle are met.</text> </level> </section> <section article="get" article_name="Estates and Trusts" number="13.5-202" title_number="13.5" title_name="Maryland Uniform Adult Guardianship and Protective Proceedings Jurisdiction Act" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="Jurisdiction"> <level label="a"> <text>A court of this State lacking jurisdiction under § 13.5–201 of this subtitle has special jurisdiction to do any of the following:</text> <level label="1"> <text>Appoint a guardian in an emergency in accordance with § 13–709 of this article for a term not exceeding 60 days for a respondent who is physically located in this State;</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>Issue a protective order with respect to real or tangible personal property located in this State; and</text> </level> <level label="3"> <text>Appoint a guardian or conservator for an incapacitated or protected person for whom a provisional order to transfer the proceeding from another state has been issued as provided in § 13.5–301 of this title.</text> </level> </level> <level label="b"> <text>If a petition for the appointment of a guardian in an emergency is brought in this State in accordance with § 13–709 of this article and this State was not the home state of the respondent on the date the petition was filed, the court shall dismiss the proceeding at the request of the court in the other state, if any, whether dismissal is requested before or after the emergency appointment.�</text> </level> </section> <section article="get" article_name="Estates and Trusts" number="13.5-203" title_number="13.5" title_name="Maryland Uniform Adult Guardianship and Protective Proceedings Jurisdiction Act" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="Jurisdiction"> <text>Except as otherwise provided in § 13.5–202 of this subtitle, a court that has appointed a guardian or issued a protective order consistent with this title has exclusive and continuing jurisdiction over the proceeding until the proceeding is terminated by the court or the appointment or order expires by the terms of the appointment or order.</text> </section> <section article="get" article_name="Estates and Trusts" number="13.5-204" title_number="13.5" title_name="Maryland Uniform Adult Guardianship and Protective Proceedings Jurisdiction Act" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="Jurisdiction"> <level label="a"> <text>A court of this State having jurisdiction under § 13.5–201 of this subtitle to appoint a guardian or issue a protective order may decline to exercise jurisdiction if the court determines at any time that a court of another state is a more appropriate forum.</text> </level> <level label="b"> <level label="1"> <text>If a court of this State declines jurisdiction over a guardianship proceeding or protective proceeding under subsection (a) of this section, the court shall either dismiss the proceeding or stay the proceeding.</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>A court under paragraph (1) of this subsection may impose any other condition the court considers just and proper, including the condition that a petition for the appointment of a guardian or protective order be promptly filed in another state.</text> </level> </level> <level label="c"> <text>In determining whether the court is an appropriate forum, a court shall consider all relevant factors, including:</text> <level label="1"> <text>An expressed preference of the respondent;</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>Whether abuse, neglect, or exploitation of the respondent has occurred or is likely to occur and which state could best protect the respondent from the abuse, neglect, or exploitation;</text> </level> <level label="3"> <text>The length of time the respondent was physically located in or was a legal resident of this State or another state;</text> </level> <level label="4"> <text>The distance of the respondent from the court in each state;</text> </level> <level label="5"> <text>The financial circumstances of the estate of the respondent;</text> </level> <level label="6"> <text>The nature and location of the evidence;</text> </level> <level label="7"> <text>The ability of the court in each state to decide the issue expeditiously and the procedures necessary to present evidence;</text> </level> <level label="8"> <text>The familiarity of the court of each state with the facts and issues in the proceeding; and</text> </level> <level label="9"> <text>If an appointment were made, the ability of the court to monitor the conduct of the guardian or conservator.</text> </level> </level> </section> <section article="get" article_name="Estates and Trusts" number="13.5-205" title_number="13.5" title_name="Maryland Uniform Adult Guardianship and Protective Proceedings Jurisdiction Act" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="Jurisdiction"> <level label="a"> <text>If at any time a court of this State determines that the court acquired jurisdiction to appoint a guardian or issue a protective order because of unjustifiable conduct, the court may:</text> <level label="1"> <text>Decline to exercise jurisdiction;</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>Exercise jurisdiction for the limited purpose of fashioning an appropriate remedy to ensure the health, safety, and welfare of the respondent or the protection of the property of the respondent or prevent a repetition of the unjustifiable conduct, including staying the proceeding until a petition for the appointment of a guardian or protective order is filed in a court of another state having jurisdiction; or</text> </level> <level label="3"> <text>Continue to exercise jurisdiction after considering:</text> <level label="i"> <text>The extent to which the respondent and all persons required to be notified of the proceedings have acquiesced in the exercise of the jurisdiction of the court;</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>Whether the court is a more appropriate forum than the court of any other state under the factors set forth in § 13.5–204(c) of this subtitle; and</text> </level> <level label="iii"> <text>Whether the court of any other state would have jurisdiction under factual circumstances in substantial conformity with the jurisdictional standards of § 13.5–201 of this subtitle.</text> </level> </level> </level> <level label="b"> <level label="1"> <text>If a court of this State determines that it acquired jurisdiction to appoint a guardian or issue a protective order because a party seeking to invoke the jurisdiction of the court engaged in unjustifiable conduct, the court may assess against that party necessary and reasonable expenses, including attorney’s fees, investigative fees, court costs, communication expenses, witness fees and expenses, and travel expenses.</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>The court may not assess fees, costs, or expenses of any kind against this State or a governmental subdivision, agency, or instrumentality of this State unless authorized by law other than this title.</text> </level> </level> </section> <section article="get" article_name="Estates and Trusts" number="13.5-206" title_number="13.5" title_name="Maryland Uniform Adult Guardianship and Protective Proceedings Jurisdiction Act" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="Jurisdiction"> <level label="a"> <text>If a petition for the appointment of a guardian or issuance of a protective order is brought in this State and this State is not the home state of the respondent on the date the petition is filed, in addition to complying with the notice requirements of this State, notice of the petition shall be given by the petitioner to those persons who would be entitled to notice of the petition if the proceeding were brought in the home state of the respondent.</text> </level> <level label="b"> <text>The notice described in subsection (a) of this section shall be given in the same manner as notice is given in this State.</text> </level> </section> <section article="get" article_name="Estates and Trusts" number="13.5-207" title_number="13.5" title_name="Maryland Uniform Adult Guardianship and Protective Proceedings Jurisdiction Act" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="Jurisdiction"> <text>Except for a petition for the appointment of a guardian in an emergency or a protective order limited to property located in this State as provided in § 13.5–202 of this subtitle, if a petition for the appointment of a guardian or protective order is filed in this State and another state and neither petition has been dismissed or withdrawn, the following rules apply: </text> <level label="1"> <text>If the court in this State has jurisdiction under § 13.5–201 of this subtitle, the court may proceed with the case unless a court in another state acquires jurisdiction under § 13.5–201 of this subtitle before the appointment or issuance of the order; or</text> </level> <level label="2"> <level label="i"> <text>If the court in this State does not have jurisdiction under § 13.5–201 of this subtitle, whether at the time the petition is filed or at any time before the appointment or issuance of the order, the court shall stay the proceeding and communicate with the court in the other state; and</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>If the court in the other state does not determine that the court in this State is a more appropriate forum, the court in this State shall dismiss the petition.</text> </level> </level> </section> <section article="get" article_name="Estates and Trusts" number="13.5-301" title_number="13.5" title_name="Maryland Uniform Adult Guardianship and Protective Proceedings Jurisdiction Act" subtitle_number="3" subtitle_name="Transfer of Guardianship or Conservatorship to Another State"> <level label="a"> <text>Following the appointment of a guardian or conservator, the guardian or conservator may petition the court to transfer the guardianship or conservatorship to another state.</text> </level> <level label="b"> <text>Notice of a petition to transfer a guardianship or conservatorship under subsection (a) of this section shall be given by the petitioner to those persons that would be entitled to notice of a petition in this State for the appointment of a guardian or conservator.</text> </level> <level label="c"> <text>On the motion of the court or on request of the incapacitated person or protected person, or another interested person, a court shall hold a hearing on a petition filed in accordance with subsection (a) of this section.</text> </level> <level label="d"> <text>The court shall issue a provisional order granting a petition to transfer a guardianship if the court finds that:</text> <level label="1"> <text>The incapacitated person is physically located in or is reasonably expected to move permanently to the other state;</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>An objection to the transfer has not been made or, if an objection has been made, the objector has not established that the transfer would be contrary to the interests of the incapacitated person;</text> </level> <level label="3"> <text>The court is satisfied that plans for care and services for the incapacitated person in the other state are reasonable and sufficient; and</text> </level> <level label="4"> <text>The court is satisfied that the guardianship will be accepted by the court to which the proceeding will be transferred.</text> </level> </level> <level label="e"> <text>The court shall issue a provisional order granting a petition to transfer a conservatorship if the court finds that:</text> <level label="1"> <text>The protected person is physically located in or is reasonably expected to move permanently to the other state, or the protected person has a significant connection to the other state, considering the factors set forth in § 13.5–101(o) of this title;</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>An objection to the transfer has not been made or, if an objection has been made, the objector has not established that the transfer would be contrary to the interests of the protected person;</text> </level> <level label="3"> <text>The court is satisfied that adequate arrangements will be made for management of the property of the protected person; and</text> </level> <level label="4"> <text>The court is satisfied that the conservatorship will be accepted by the court to which the proceeding will be transferred.</text> </level> </level> </section> <section article="get" article_name="Estates and Trusts" number="13.5-302" title_number="13.5" title_name="Maryland Uniform Adult Guardianship and Protective Proceedings Jurisdiction Act" subtitle_number="3" subtitle_name="Transfer of Guardianship or Conservatorship to Another State"> <level label="a"> <level label="1"> <text>On issuance of a provisional order in another state to transfer a guardianship or conservatorship to this State under procedures similar to those in § 13.5–301 of this subtitle, the guardian or conservator shall petition the court in this State to accept the guardianship or conservatorship.</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>The petition described in paragraph (1) of this subsection shall include a certified copy of the provisional order of the other state.</text> </level> </level> <level label="b"> <level label="1"> <text>Notice of a petition under subsection (a) of this section to accept a guardianship or conservatorship from another state shall be given by the petitioner to those persons that would be entitled to notice if the petition were a petition for the appointment of a guardian or issuance of a protective order in both the transferring state and this State.</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>The notice described in paragraph (1) of this subsection shall be given in the same manner as notice is given in this State.</text> </level> </level> <level label="c"> <text>On the motion of the court or on request of the incapacitated person or protected person, or another interested person, a court shall hold a hearing on a petition filed in accordance with subsection (a) of this section to accept a guardianship or conservatorship from another state.</text> </level> <level label="d"> <text>The court shall issue a provisional order approving a petition filed under subsection (a) of this section unless an objection is made and the objector establishes that transfer of the proceeding would be contrary to the interests of the incapacitated person or protected person.</text> </level> <level label="e"> <text>In approving a petition under this section, the court shall recognize a guardianship or conservatorship order from the other state, including the determination of the incapacity of the incapacitated person or protected person and the appointment of the guardian or conservator, if the guardian or conservator is eligible to act in this State.</text> </level> <level label="f"> <text>The denial of a petition filed under subsection (a) of this section to accept a guardianship or conservatorship from another state does not affect the ability of a guardian or conservator appointed by a court in another state to seek appointment as guardian of the person or property of the disabled person under Title 13 of this article.</text> </level> </section> <section article="get" article_name="Estates and Trusts" number="13.5-401" title_number="13.5" title_name="Maryland Uniform Adult Guardianship and Protective Proceedings Jurisdiction Act" subtitle_number="4" subtitle_name="Registration and Recognition of Orders From Other States"> <text>If a guardian has not been appointed in this State and a petition for the appointment of a guardian is not pending in this State, a guardian appointed in another state, after giving notice to the appointing court of an intent to register, may register the guardianship order in this State by filing, as a foreign judgment in a court in any appropriate county of this State, certified copies of the order and letters of office.</text> </section> <section article="get" article_name="Estates and Trusts" number="13.5-402" title_number="13.5" title_name="Maryland Uniform Adult Guardianship and Protective Proceedings Jurisdiction Act" subtitle_number="4" subtitle_name="Registration and Recognition of Orders From Other States"> <text>If a conservator has not been appointed in this State and a petition for a protective order is not pending in this State, a conservator appointed in another state, after giving notice to the appointing court of an intent to register, may register the protective order in this State by filing as a foreign judgment in a court of this State, in any county in which property belonging to the protected person is located, certified copies of the order, and letters of office and of any bond. </text> </section> <section article="get" article_name="Estates and Trusts" number="13.5-403" title_number="13.5" title_name="Maryland Uniform Adult Guardianship and Protective Proceedings Jurisdiction Act" subtitle_number="4" subtitle_name="Registration and Recognition of Orders From Other States"> <level label="a"> <text>On registration of a guardianship or protective order from another state, the guardian or conservator may exercise in this State all powers authorized in the order of appointment except as prohibited under the laws of this State, including maintaining actions and proceedings in this State and, if the guardian or conservator is not a resident of this State, subject to any conditions imposed on nonresident parties.</text> </level> <level label="b"> <text>A court of this State may grant any relief available under this title and other law of this State to enforce a registered order.</text> </level> </section> <section article="get" article_name="Estates and Trusts" number="13.5-501" title_number="13.5" title_name="Maryland Uniform Adult Guardianship and Protective Proceedings Jurisdiction Act" subtitle_number="5" subtitle_name="Miscellaneous Provisions"> <text>In applying and construing this title, which is a uniform act, consideration shall be given to the need to promote uniformity of the law with respect to the subject matter of the law among the states that enact the law.</text> </section> <section article="get" article_name="Estates and Trusts" number="13.5-502" title_number="13.5" title_name="Maryland Uniform Adult Guardianship and Protective Proceedings Jurisdiction Act" subtitle_number="5" subtitle_name="Miscellaneous Provisions"> <text>This title modifies, limits, and supersedes the federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, 15 U.S.C. § 7001 et seq., but does not modify, limit, or supersede § 101(c) of that act, 15 U.S.C. § 7001, or authorize electronic delivery of the notices described in § 103(b) of that act, 15 U.S.C. § 7003(b).</text> </section> <section article="get" article_name="Estates and Trusts" number="13.5-503" title_number="13.5" title_name="Maryland Uniform Adult Guardianship and Protective Proceedings Jurisdiction Act" subtitle_number="5" subtitle_name="Miscellaneous Provisions"> <text>This title applies to guardianship and protective proceedings beginning on or after October 1, 2010.</text> </section> <section article="get" article_name="Estates and Trusts" number="13.5-504" title_number="13.5" title_name="Maryland Uniform Adult Guardianship and Protective Proceedings Jurisdiction Act" subtitle_number="5" subtitle_name="Miscellaneous Provisions"> <text>This title may be cited as the Maryland Uniform Adult Guardianship and Protective Proceedings Jurisdiction Act.</text> </section>