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<section article="get" article_name="Estates and Trusts" number="3-409" title_number="3" title_name="Intestate Succession and Statutory Shares" subtitle_number="4" subtitle_name="Elective Share of Surviving Spouse">
  <level label="a">
    <text>On receipt of a written request by the surviving spouse, all information necessary to calculate the elective share under this subtitle shall be delivered to the surviving spouse by, as applicable:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>The personal representative of the decedent;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The trustee of any revocable trust of the decedent; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>The person responsible for filing the estate tax return.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The filing of an election to take the elective share under § 3–407 of this subtitle is deemed to give adequate notice of the election to, as applicable:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>The personal representative of the decedent;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>The trustee of any revocable trust of the decedent; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>The person responsible for filing the estate tax return.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The person receiving notice of an election to take the elective share under paragraph (1) of this subsection shall promptly deliver notice of the election to each person from whom any portion of the elective share may be payable.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>Within 60 days after the date a trustee of a revocable trust of the decedent acquires knowledge of the decedent’s death, the trustee shall notify the surviving spouse of the existence of the trust, of the identity of the trustees, and of the surviving spouse’s right to request a copy of the trust instrument.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>On receipt of a written request by the personal representative of the decedent, the trustee of any revocable trust of the decedent, or the person responsible for filing the estate tax return, the surviving spouse shall deliver to the person making the request all information relevant to the calculation of the elective share under this subtitle that is in the possession of the surviving spouse and not otherwise available to the person making the request.</text>
  </level>
</section>
