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<section article="get" article_name="Estates and Trusts" number="14.5-111" title_number="14.5" title_name="Maryland Trust Act" subtitle_number="1" subtitle_name="In General">
  <level label="a">
    <text>In this section, “interested person” means a person whose consent would be required in order to achieve a binding settlement were the settlement to be approved by the court.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>Except as otherwise provided in subsection (c) of this section, on or after October 1, 2016, interested persons may enter into a binding nonjudicial settlement agreement with respect to a matter involving a trust.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>A nonjudicial settlement agreement is valid only to the extent the settlement does not violate a material purpose of the trust and includes terms and conditions that could be properly approved by the court under this title or other applicable law.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>Matters that may be resolved by a nonjudicial settlement agreement include:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>The interpretation or construction of the terms of the trust;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The approval of a report or accounting of a trustee;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>Direction to a trustee to refrain from performing a particular act or the grant to a trustee of a necessary or desirable power;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>The resignation or appointment of a trustee and the determination of the compensation of a trustee;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>Transfer of the principal place of administration of a trust; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="6">
      <text>Liability of a trustee for an action relating to the trust.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>An interested person may request the court to:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Determine whether the representation as provided in Subtitle 3 of this title was adequate; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Determine whether the agreement contains terms and conditions the court could have properly approved.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
