Section 4-401 - Legatee failing to survive testator by 30 days. - Maryland Statutes

§ 4-401. Legatee failing to survive testator by 30 days.
 

A legatee, other than his spouse, who fails to survive the testator by 30 full days is considered to have predeceased the testator, unless the will of the testator expressly creates a presumption that the legatee is considered to survive the testator or requires that the legatee survives the testator for a stated period in order to take under the will and the legatee survives for the stated period. 
 

[An. Code 1957, art. 93, § 4-401; 1974, ch. 11, § 2.]