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<subtitle article="get" title_number="14.5" subtitle_number="2" title_name="Maryland Trust Act" subtitle_name="Judicial Proceedings">
  <section article="get" article_name="Estates and Trusts" number="14.5-201" title_number="14.5" title_name="Maryland Trust Act" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="Judicial Proceedings">
    <level label="a">
      <text>On the invocation of the court’s jurisdiction by an interested person, on the court’s own motion, or as otherwise provided by law, the court may intervene actively in the administration of a trust, fashioning and implementing remedies as the public interest and the interests of the beneficiaries may require.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="b">
      <text>A trust is not subject to continuing judicial supervision unless ordered by the court.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="c">
      <text>A judicial proceeding involving a trust may relate to a matter involving the administration of the trust, including a request for instructions and an action to declare rights.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="d">
      <level label="1">
        <text>A court having equity jurisdiction has general superintending power with respect to trusts.</text>
      </level>
      <level label="2">
        <text>The provisions of Titles 1 through 13 of this article do not affect or supersede the power described in paragraph (1) of this subsection.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </section>
  <section article="get" article_name="Estates and Trusts" number="14.5-202" title_number="14.5" title_name="Maryland Trust Act" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="Judicial Proceedings">
    <level label="a">
      <text>By accepting the trusteeship of a trust having the principal place of administration for the trust in the State or by moving the principal place of administration to the State, the trustee submits personally to the jurisdiction of the courts of the State regarding a matter involving the trust.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="b">
      <level label="1">
        <text>With respect to the interests of a beneficiary of a trust having the principal place of administration of the trust in the State, the beneficiary is subject to the jurisdiction of the courts of the State regarding a matter involving the trust.</text>
      </level>
      <level label="2">
        <text>By accepting a distribution from a trust described in paragraph (1) of this subsection, the recipient submits personally to the jurisdiction of the courts of the State regarding a matter involving the trust.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="c">
      <text>This section does not preclude other methods of obtaining jurisdiction over a trustee, a beneficiary, or any other person receiving property from the trust.</text>
    </level>
  </section>
  <section article="get" article_name="Estates and Trusts" number="14.5-203" title_number="14.5" title_name="Maryland Trust Act" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="Judicial Proceedings">
    <level label="a">
      <level label="1">
        <text>A discretionary power conferred on the trustee to determine the benefits of a beneficiary is subject to judicial control  to prevent misinterpretation or abuse of the discretion of the trustee.</text>
      </level>
      <level label="2">
        <text>The benefits to which a beneficiary of a discretionary distribution provision is entitled, and what may constitute an abuse of discretion by the trustee, depend on the terms of the discretion, including the proper construction of accompanying standards, and on the settlor’s purposes in granting the discretionary power and in creating the trust.</text>
      </level>
      <level label="3">
        <text>Notwithstanding the breadth of discretion granted to a trustee by the terms of a trust, including the use of the terms “absolute”, “sole”, or “uncontrolled”, a trustee abuses the discretion of the trustee in exercising or failing to exercise a discretionary power if the trustee:</text>
        <level label="i">
          <text>Acts dishonestly;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="ii">
          <text>Acts with an improper motive, even though not a dishonest motive;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="iii">
          <text>Fails to exercise the judgment of the trustee in accordance with the terms and purposes of the trust; or</text>
        </level>
        <level label="iv">
          <text>Acts beyond the bounds of reasonable judgment.</text>
        </level>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="b">
      <text>A court may review an action by a trustee under a support provision or a mandatory distribution provision in the trust.</text>
    </level>
  </section>
</subtitle>