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<section article="get" article_name="Estates and Trusts" number="14.5-1006" title_number="14.5" title_name="Maryland Trust Act" subtitle_number="10" subtitle_name="Miscellaneous Provisions">
  <level label="a">
    <text>Except as otherwise provided in this title:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>This title applies to all trusts created before, on, or after  January 1, 2015;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>This title applies to all judicial proceedings concerning trusts commenced on or after  January 1, 2015;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>This title does not apply to judicial proceedings concerning trusts commenced before  January 1, 2015;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>A rule of construction or presumption provided in this title applies to trust instruments executed before  January 1,  2015, unless there is a clear indication of a contrary intent in the terms of the trust; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>An act done before  January 1, 2015, is not affected by this title.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>If a right is acquired, extinguished, or barred on the expiration of a prescribed period that has commenced to run under another statute before  January 1, 2015, that statute continues to apply to the right even if the statute has been repealed or superseded.</text>
  </level>
</section>
