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<section article="get" article_name="Estates and Trusts" number="13-201" title_number="13" title_name="Protection of Minors, Disabled Persons, Susceptible Adults, and Older Adults" subtitle_number="2">
  <level label="a">
    <text>On petition, and after any notice or hearing prescribed by law or the Maryland Rules, the court may appoint a guardian of the property of a minor or a disabled person.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>A guardian shall be appointed if the court determines that:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>A minor owns or is entitled to property that requires management or protection; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Funds are needed for the minor’s support, care, welfare, and education and protection is necessary or desirable to obtain or provide funds.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>A guardian shall be appointed if the court determines that:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>The person is unable to manage effectively the person’s property and affairs because of physical or mental disability, disease, habitual drunkenness, addiction to drugs, imprisonment, compulsory hospitalization, detention by a foreign power, or disappearance; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The person has or may be entitled to property or benefits which require proper management.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
