{"data":{"id":"us-md/md.-code-estates-and-trusts-13-316","jurisdiction":"us-md","citation":"Md. Code, Estates and Trusts § 13–316","heading":"","body":"A third person in good faith and without court order may act on the instructions of or otherwise deal with any person purporting to make a transfer or purporting to act in the capacity of a custodian and, in the absence of knowledge, is not responsible for determining:\n(1) The validity of the purported custodian’s designation;\n(2) The propriety of, or the authority under this subtitle for, any act of the purported custodian;\n(3) The validity or propriety under this subtitle of any instrument or instructions executed or given either by the person purporting to make a transfer or by the purported custodian; or\n(4) The propriety of the application of any property of the minor delivered to the purported custodian.","path":["Article - Estates and Trusts"],"source_url":"https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Laws/StatuteText?article=get\u0026section=13-316","current_through":"2026-01-01","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T19:58:07Z","sha256":"09bba7b9c2fe90d25b8120159f5ac1c450329412183c74b7b9e5ecd6c7335ce3","source_id":"us-md","stale":false,"prev":"us-md/md.-code-estates-and-trusts-13-315","next":"us-md/md.-code-estates-and-trusts-13-317"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}