{"data":{"id":"us-md/md.-code-courts-and-judicial-proceedings-3-408","jurisdiction":"us-md","citation":"Md. Code, Courts and Judicial Proceedings § 3–408","heading":"","body":"Any person interested as or through a personal representative, trustee, guardian or other fiduciary, creditor, devisee, legatee, heir, next of kin, or beneficiary of a trust, in the administration of a trust, or of the estate of a decedent, a minor, a disabled person, or an insolvent, may have a declaration of rights or legal relations in respect to the trust or the estate of the decedent, minor, disabled person, or insolvent in order to:\n(1) Ascertain any class of creditors, devisees, legatees, heirs, next of kin, or others;\n(2) Direct the personal representative, guardian, or other fiduciary or trustees to do or abstain from doing any particular act in their fiduciary capacity; or\n(3) Determine any question arising in the administration of the estate or trust, including questions of construction of wills and other writings.","path":["Article - Courts and Judicial Proceedings"],"source_url":"https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Laws/StatuteText?article=gcj\u0026section=3-408","current_through":"2026-01-01","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T19:57:03Z","sha256":"0e3b44913b982c9eda45ef9c86090ac011e0bf754cdd293603f77b036ca99b54","source_id":"us-md","stale":false,"prev":"us-md/md.-code-courts-and-judicial-proceedings-3-407","next":"us-md/md.-code-courts-and-judicial-proceedings-3-408.1"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}