AACPLL FAQs > Wills and Estates

The following is a list of resources available in the Law Library and online. It is not exhaustive and is intended only to provide background information for library patrons. It should not be regarded as legal advice.

(See also Trusts.)

MARYLAND CODE, RULES & REGULATIONS:

(Also available in library in section 3B) 

     MD Code, Estates and Trusts

• Title 1. Estates of Decedents—General Provisions
• Title 2. The Court
• Title 3. Intestate Succession and Statutory Shares
• Title 4. Wills
• Title 5. Opening the Estate
• Title 6. The Personal Representative
• Title 7. Administration of the Estate
• Title 8. Claims of Creditors
• Title 9. Special Provisions Relating to Distribution
• Title 10. Closing Estates
• Title 11. Miscellaneous Rules
• Title 12. Effective Date and Applicability

     Maryland Rules of Procedure

•  Title 6 Settlement of Decedents' Estates   

ONLINE RESOURCES:

• People's Law Library of Maryland:
• Wills, Estates, Probate articles including: 
• Estates Administration Overview 
• Frequently Asked Questions About Wills
• Personal Bank Accounts 
• Life Estates 

• Anne Arundel County Register of Wills 
• Frequently Asked Questions 
• Publications include:
• Administering Estates in Maryland 
• Facts About Wills 
• FORMATTING GUIDELINES FOR PETITIONS & PROPOSED ORDERS 
• Examples: Orphan's Court Petition Guidelines examples.docx

• MVLS Fact Sheets
• Estate planning - https://mvlslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/Why-Estate-Planning-Matters.pdf.
• Estate administration - https://mvlslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/Probate-101.pdf 

• MDcourts.gov 
• Life Planning and Power of Attorney
• Wills & Estates 

• MarylandAttorneyGeneral.gov
• Life and Health Planning Handbook 
• Health Decisions Policy: Legal Advice on End-of-Life and Other Issues - Legal opinions and letters of advice from the Attorney General's Office on the Health Care Decisions Act

• Powers of Attorney and Advance Directives  

LIBRARY RESOURCES:

• West's Maryland Law Encyclopedia, 10 M.L.E. "Estates" and "Executors and Administrators and 22 M.L.E., "Wills."  (also available on Westlaw)

• Fundamentals of Estate Planning, 2d ed./ Angela Vallario (Carolina Academic Press, 2019) e-book (ask for access in the law library)

• Gibber on Estate Administration, 7th ed. / Gibber (MSBA, 2021)
  

        KFM1347 .G5 2021 (also available on Westlaw and Lexis)

• Maryland Estate Planning, Will Drafting and Estate Administration Forms, 2nd ed. / Albert S. Barr, A. MacDonough Plant and Adena W. Testa, (LexisNexis) KFM1340 .A65 B37 1995 (also available on Lexis)
  

• Maryland Estate Planning, Wills and Trusts Library: Forms and Practice Manual / Aryeh Guttenberg. (DataTrace, 1998/2014 supp) KFM1340 .A65 G88 1998