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<section article="get" article_name="Estates and Trusts" number="13-204" 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>If a basis exists as described in § 13–201 of this subtitle for assuming jurisdiction over the property of a minor or disabled person, the circuit court, without appointing a guardian, may authorize or direct a transaction with respect to the property, service, or care arrangement of the minor or disabled person.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The transactions described under paragraph (1) of this subsection include:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>Payment, delivery, deposit, or retention of funds or property;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Sale, mortgage, lease, or other transfer of property;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>Purchase of contracts for an annuity, life care, training, or education;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>Making the election to take an elective share of an estate subject to election under § 3–403 of this article;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="v">
        <text>Granting access to financial records;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="vi">
        <text>Establishing eligibility for government assistance programs; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="vii">
        <text>Any other transaction described in:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>§ 13–203(c)(2) of this subtitle;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>Title 9, Subtitle 2 of this article; or</text>
        </level>
        <level label="3">
          <text>§ 15–102 of this article.</text>
        </level>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>Before approving a transaction or arrangement under this section, the court shall consider the interests of creditors and dependents of the minor or disabled person and whether the property of the minor or disabled person needs the continuing protection provided by a guardian.</text>
  </level>
</section>
