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<section article="get" article_name="Estates and Trusts" number="13-312" title_number="13" title_name="Protection of Minors, Disabled Persons, Susceptible Adults, and Older Adults" subtitle_number="3">
  <level label="a">
    <text>A custodian shall:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Take control of custodial property;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Register or record title to custodial property if appropriate; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>Collect, hold, manage, invest, and reinvest custodial property.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Except as provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection, in dealing with custodial property:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>A custodian shall observe the standard of care that would be observed by a prudent person dealing with property of another and is not limited by any other statute restricting investments by fiduciaries;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>If a custodian has a special skill or expertise or is named custodian on the basis of representations of a special skill or expertise, the custodian shall use that skill or expertise; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>A custodian, in the custodian’s discretion and without liability to the minor or the minor’s estate, may retain any custodial property received from a transferor.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>A fiduciary subject to § 15-114 of this article shall comply with that section in dealing with custodial property.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>A custodian may invest in or pay premiums on life insurance or endowment policies on:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>The life of the minor only if the minor or the minor’s estate is the sole beneficiary; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The life of another person in whom the minor has an insurable interest only to the extent that the minor, the minor’s estate, or the custodian in the capacity of custodian, is the irrevocable beneficiary.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <level label="1">
      <text>A custodian at all times shall keep custodial property separate and distinct from all other property in a manner sufficient to identify it clearly as custodial property of the minor.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Custodial property consisting of an undivided interest is so identified if the minor’s interest is held as a tenant in common and is fixed.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>Custodial property subject to recordation is so identified if it is recorded, and custodial property subject to registration is so identified if it is either registered, or held in an account designated, in the name of the custodian, followed in substance by the words: “As a custodian for _____�(name of minor) under the Maryland Uniform Transfers to Minors Act”.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>A custodian shall keep records of all transactions with respect to custodial property, including information necessary for the preparation of the minor’s tax returns, and shall make them available for inspection at reasonable intervals by a parent or legal representative of the minor or by the minor if the minor has attained the age of 14 years.</text>
  </level>
</section>
