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<section article="get" article_name="Estates and Trusts" number="13-203" title_number="13" title_name="Protection of Minors, Disabled Persons, Susceptible Adults, and Older Adults" subtitle_number="2">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>While a petition for appointment of a guardian or other protective order is pending, the court may preserve and apply the property of the alleged disabled person or minor as may be required.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The court need not give notice to other persons.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The court may not exercise the power conferred by subsection (a) of this section unless it appears from specific facts shown by affidavit that immediate, substantial, and irreparable injury will result to the applicant or to the minor or disabled person before an adversary hearing can be held.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The court may communicate informally with the minor or disabled person before taking action.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>Any order shall be served immediately on the minor or disabled person.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Except for the limitations contained in § 13–106 of this title, after appointment of the guardian, the court has all the powers over the property of the minor or disabled person that the person could exercise if not disabled or a minor.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The powers that a circuit court has under paragraph (1) of this subsection include the power to authorize or direct the guardian to:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>Make gifts from the principal and income of the estate; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Disclaim on behalf of the minor or disabled person, in whole or in part, the right of succession or transfer to that person of any property or interest in any property.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>The powers that a circuit court has under paragraph (2) of this subsection are in addition to and may not limit the power:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>Conferred upon the guardian to make distributions under § 13–214 of this subtitle; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Conferred upon the guardian or the circuit court, without appointing a guardian, to disclaim or authorize or direct a disclaimer on behalf of a minor or disabled person under § 9–201(c) of this article.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>A guardian or any other interested person may invoke the jurisdiction of the court at any time to resolve questions concerning the estate or its administration.</text>
  </level>
</section>
