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<section article="get" article_name="Estates and Trusts" number="14.5-410" title_number="14.5" title_name="Maryland Trust Act" subtitle_number="4" subtitle_name="Creation, Validity, Modification, and Termination of Trust">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>A noncharitable irrevocable trust may be terminated on consent of the trustee and all beneficiaries if the court concludes that continuance of the trust is not necessary to achieve any material purpose of the trust.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>A noncharitable irrevocable trust may be modified on consent of the trustee and all beneficiaries if the court concludes that modification is not inconsistent with a material purpose of the trust.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>The existence of a spendthrift provision or similar protective language in the terms of the trust does not prevent a termination of a trust under subsection (a)(1) of this section.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>On termination of a trust under subsection (a)(1) of this section, the trustee shall distribute the trust property as agreed by the beneficiaries.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>If not all beneficiaries consent to a proposed modification or termination of the trust under subsection (a) of this section, the modification or termination may be approved by the court if the court is satisfied that:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>If all beneficiaries had consented, the trust could have been modified or terminated under this section; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The interests of a beneficiary that does not consent will be adequately protected.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
