# Estates and Trusts (GET)

## Title 3. Intestate Succession and Statutory Shares

### Subtitle 4. Elective Share of Surviving Spouse

#### Section 3-402

The purposes of this subtitle are:

(1) To ensure that a surviving spouse is reasonably provided for during the surviving spouse's remaining lifetime; and

(2) Subject to item (1) of this section, to provide a testator flexibility in ordering the testator's affairs.

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Md. Code Ann., Est. & Trusts (as displayed at mgaleg.maryland.gov, October 16, 2026)