Current with changes from the 2024 Legislative Session
(a) A child includes: (1) A natural child, an adopted child, and a child to the extent provided in §§ 1-206 through 1-208 of this subtitle; and(2) A child conceived from the genetic material of a person after the death of the person if: (i) The person consented in a written record to use of the person's genetic material for posthumous conception in accordance with the requirements of § 20-111 of the Health - General Article;(ii) The person consented in a written record to be the parent of a child posthumously conceived using the person's genetic material;(iii) The child is born within 2 years of the person's death; and(iv) With respect to any trust, the person was the creator of the trust and the trust became irrevocable on or after October 1, 2012.(b) A child does not include a stepchild, a foster child, or a grandchild or more remote descendant.Amended by 2023 Md. Laws, Ch. 647, Sec. 1, eff. 10/1/2023.Amended by 2013 Md. Laws, Ch. 644, Sec. 1, eff. 6/1/2013.