{"data":{"id":"us-md/md.-code-estates-and-trusts-3-402","jurisdiction":"us-md","citation":"Md. Code, Estates and Trusts § 3–402","heading":"","body":"The purposes of this subtitle are:\n(1) To ensure that a surviving spouse is reasonably provided for during the surviving spouse’s remaining lifetime; and\n(2) Subject to item (1) of this section, to provide a testator flexibility in ordering the testator’s affairs.","path":["Article - Estates and Trusts"],"source_url":"https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Laws/StatuteText?article=get\u0026section=3-402","current_through":"2026-01-01","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T19:58:07Z","sha256":"cc992455e754d2fbd5ebf7a708e607327039ae5b3f903ba9a83b68d30565c56f","source_id":"us-md","stale":false,"prev":"us-md/md.-code-estates-and-trusts-3-401","next":"us-md/md.-code-estates-and-trusts-3-403"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}