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<section article="get" article_name="Estates and Trusts" number="9-202" title_number="9" title_name="Special Provisions Relating to Distribution" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="Maryland Uniform Disclaimer of Property Interests Act">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>A person may disclaim in whole or in part any interest in or power over property, including a power of appointment.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>A person may disclaim the interest or power even if the creator imposed a spendthrift provision or similar restriction on transfer or a restriction or limitation on the right to disclaim.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Except to the extent that a fiduciary’s right to disclaim is expressly restricted or limited by another statute of the State or by the instrument creating the fiduciary relationship, a fiduciary may disclaim in whole or in part any interest in or power over property, including a power of appointment, whether acting in a personal or representative capacity.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>A fiduciary may disclaim the interest or power even if the creator imposed a spendthrift provision or similar restriction on transfer or a restriction or limitation on the right to disclaim, or an instrument other than the instrument that created the fiduciary relationship imposed a restriction or limitation on the right to disclaim.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>To be effective, a disclaimer must:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Be in writing or other record;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Declare the disclaimer;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>Describe the interest or power disclaimed;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>Be signed by the person making the disclaimer; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>Be delivered or filed in the manner provided in § 9-209 of this subtitle.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>A partial disclaimer may be expressed as a fraction, percentage, monetary amount, term of years, limitation of a power, or any other interest or estate in the property.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>A disclaimer becomes irrevocable when it is delivered or filed pursuant to § 9-209 of this subtitle or when it becomes effective as provided in §§ 9-203 through 9-208 of this subtitle, whichever occurs later.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="f">
    <level label="1">
      <text>A disclaimer made under this subtitle is not a transfer, assignment, or release.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Creditors of the disclaimant have no interest in the property disclaimed.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
