Maryland legislation · 2025 Regular Session
Maryland HB928: Estates and Trusts - Wills - Married Couples and Registered Domestic Partnerships
Status: Vetoed, March 10, 2025
Prohibiting a testator who is married or in a registered domestic partnership from signing a will in the presence of the testator's spouse or registered domestic partner; prohibiting an individual who witnesses and signs a testator's will from also witnessing and signing the will of the testator's spouse or registered domestic partner; and applying the Act prospectively.
What the bill says
A bill ENTITLED AN ACT concerning Estates and Trusts - Wills - Married Couples and Registered Domestic Partnerships FOR the purpose of prohibiting a testator, who is married or in a registered domestic partnership, from signing a will in the presence of the testator's spouse or registered domestic partner; prohibiting an individual who witnesses and signs a testator's will from also witnessing and signing the will of the testator's spouse or registered domestic partner; and generally relating to the execution of wills by testators who are married or in registered domestic partnerships…
From the introduced text, January 31, 2025:
A BILL ENTITLED AN ACT concerning Estates and Trusts - Wills - Married Couples and Registered Domestic Partnerships FOR the purpose of prohibiting a testator, who is married or in a registered domestic partnership, from signing a will in the presence of the testator's spouse or registered domestic partner; prohibiting an individual who witnesses and signs a testator's will from also witnessing and signing the will of the testator's spouse or registered domestic partner; and generally relating to the execution of wills by testators who are married or in registered domestic partnerships. BY repealing and reenacting, without amendments, Article - Estates and Trusts Section 4-102(a) Annotated Code of Maryland (2022 Replacement Volume and 2024 Supplement) BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments, Article - Estates and Trusts Section 4-102(b) Annotated Code of Maryland (2022 Replacement Volume and 2024 Supplement) BY adding to Article - Estates and Trusts Section 4-102(g) Annotated Code of Maryland (2022 Replacement Volume and 2024 Supplement) SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: EXPLANATION: CAPITALS INDICATE MATTER ADDED TO EXISTING LAW. [Brackets] indicate matter deleted from exist in g l aw . *hb0928* HOUSE BILL Article - Estates and Trusts 4-102. (a) Any person may make a will if the person is 18 years of age …