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<section article="get" article_name="Estates and Trusts" number="4-603" title_number="4" title_name="Wills" subtitle_number="6" subtitle_name="Maryland International Wills Act">
  <level label="a">
    <text>An international will:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Shall be made in writing;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Does not need to be written by the testator;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>May be written in any language; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>May be written by hand or by any other means.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The testator shall declare in the presence of at least two witnesses and a person authorized to act in connection with international wills that the document is the testator’s will and that the testator knows the contents of the document.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The testator need not inform the witnesses or the authorized person of the contents of the will.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>In the presence of the witnesses and of the authorized person, a testator shall:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Sign the will; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>If the testator has previously signed the will, acknowledge the testator’s signature.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <level label="1">
      <text>If a testator is unable to sign, the absence of the testator’s signature does not affect the validity of the will if:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>The testator indicates the reason for the testator’s inability to sign; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>The authorized person makes note on the will of the reason for the testator’s inability to sign.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>If a testator is unable to sign, another person present, including the authorized person or one of the witnesses, may sign the testator’s name for the testator if:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>The other person signs at the direction of the testator; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>The authorized person makes note on the will of the other person signing the testator’s name at the direction of the testator.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>Notwithstanding paragraph (2) of this subsection, a person is not required to sign the testator’s name at the testator’s direction.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>The witnesses and the authorized person shall there and then attest the will by signing their names in the presence of the testator.</text>
  </level>
</section>
