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<section article="get" article_name="Estates and Trusts" number="14.5-407" title_number="14.5" title_name="Maryland Trust Act" subtitle_number="4" subtitle_name="Creation, Validity, Modification, and Termination of Trust">
  <level label="a">
    <text>A trust may be created to provide for the care of an animal alive during the lifetime of the settlor.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>A trust authorized by this section terminates:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>If created to provide for the care of one animal alive during the lifetime of the settlor, on the death of the animal; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>If created to provide for the care of more than one animal alive during the lifetime of the settlor, on the death of the last surviving animal.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>A trust authorized by this section may be enforced by a person appointed under the terms of the trust or, if no person is appointed, by a person appointed by the court.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>A person having an interest in the welfare of an animal, the care for which a trust has been established, may request the court to appoint a person to enforce the trust or to remove a person appointed.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Except to the extent that the court may determine that the value of a trust authorized by this section exceeds the amount required for the use intended by the trust, the property of the trust may be applied only to the intended use of the trust.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Except as otherwise provided under the terms of the trust, property not required for the intended use of the trust shall be distributed:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>To the settlor, if living; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>If the settlor is deceased, to the successors in interest of the settlor.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
