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<section article="get" article_name="Estates and Trusts" number="14-603" title_number="14" title_name="Trusts" subtitle_number="6" subtitle_name="Maryland Trust Decanting Act">
  <level label="a">
    <text>In exercising the decanting power, an authorized fiduciary shall act in accordance with its fiduciary duties, including the duty to act in accordance with the purposes of the first trust.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>This subtitle does not create or imply a duty to exercise the decanting power or give notice to beneficiaries of the applicability of this subtitle.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>Except as otherwise provided in a first trust instrument, for purposes of this title and §§ 14.5–801 and 14.5–802(a) of this article, the terms of the first trust are deemed to include the decanting power.</text>
  </level>
</section>
