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<section article="get" article_name="Estates and Trusts" number="14.5-303" title_number="14.5" title_name="Maryland Trust Act" subtitle_number="3" subtitle_name="Representation">
  <text>To the extent there is no conflict of interest between the representative and the person represented or among those being represented with respect to a particular question or dispute:</text>
  <level label="1">
    <text>A guardian of the property may represent and bind the minor or disabled person;</text>
  </level>
  <level label="2">
    <text>A guardian of the person may represent and bind the minor or disabled person if a guardian of the property has not been appointed;</text>
  </level>
  <level label="3">
    <text>An agent having specific authority to act with respect to trust matters may represent and bind the principal;</text>
  </level>
  <level label="4">
    <text>A trustee of a trust that is a beneficiary of another trust may represent and bind the beneficiaries of the trust that is the beneficiary of the other trust;</text>
  </level>
  <level label="5">
    <text>A personal representative of the estate of a decedent that is a beneficiary of a trust may represent and bind interested persons in the estate;</text>
  </level>
  <level label="6">
    <text>A parent may represent and bind the minor, incapacitated, unborn, or unknown child of the parent or child of the parent whose location is unknown and not reasonably ascertainable if a guardian of the property or guardian of the person for the child has not been appointed; and</text>
  </level>
  <level label="7">
    <text>If a minor, an incapacitated, unborn, or unknown individual or an individual whose location is unknown and not reasonably ascertainable is not otherwise represented under this section, a grandparent or more remote ancestor may represent and bind the individual.</text>
  </level>
</section>
