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<section article="get" article_name="Estates and Trusts" number="15-1A-01" title_number="15" title_name="Fiduciaries" subtitle_number="1A" subtitle_name="Successor Corporate Fiduciaries">
  <level label="a">
    <text>In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>“Bank” has the meaning stated in 12 U.S.C. § 1841(c).</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>“Bank holding company” has the meaning stated in 12 U.S.C. § 1841(a).</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <level label="1">
      <text>“Beneficiary” means a person who receives or is entitled as a matter of right to receive a current distribution of principal or income from a trust, estate, or fund with respect to which a substitution of a corporate fiduciary is made under this subtitle.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>“Beneficiary” includes:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>If the beneficiary is a minor, the beneficiary’s natural or legal guardian; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>If the beneficiary is a disabled person, as defined in § 13-101 of this article, any person acting on behalf of the beneficiary under a guardianship, conservatorship, or committee.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>“Capital requirement” means a provision in any court order, statute, regulation, or writing, including a will, trust, or similar document or instrument, that requires a fiduciary to have a specified minimum amount of capital or capital and surplus.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="f">
    <text>“Corporate fiduciary” means:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>A bank;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>A trust company; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>Any other corporate entity that is authorized to act as a fiduciary under the laws of this State.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="g">
    <text>“Fiduciary” includes:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>A trustee;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>An executor or executrix;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>A personal representative;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>A receiver;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>A special administrator;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="6">
      <text>A guardian;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="7">
      <text>A conservator;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="8">
      <text>A committee;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="9">
      <text>A custodian under the Maryland Uniform Transfers to Minors Act; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="10">
      <text>Any other person who has a fiduciary relationship the responsibilities of which are customarily performed by a corporate fiduciary.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="h">
    <text>“Successor fiduciary” means a corporate fiduciary that is substituted for another corporate fiduciary under the provisions of § 15-1A-02 of this subtitle, by reason of:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>A merger or consolidation of corporate fiduciaries;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The acquisition of the stock or assets of a corporate fiduciary by another corporate fiduciary;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>The transfer by a corporate fiduciary of its trust and fiduciary business to another corporate fiduciary; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>The acquisition or formation by a corporate fiduciary of a subsidiary, which is itself a corporate fiduciary, in order to undertake the trust and fiduciary business of the subsidiary’s parent entity.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="i">
    <text>“Trust company” has the meaning stated in § 1-101 of this article.</text>
  </level>
</section>
