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Md. Code Ann., Est. & Trusts § 5-402

Redline — January 1, 2019 → current.View current text →
Current — January 1, 2020
As of January 1, 2019
A proceeding for judicial probate shall be instituted at any time before administrative probate or within the period after administrative probate provided by § 5–304 of this title.
A proceeding for judicial probate shall be instituted at any time before administrative probate or within the period after administrative probate provided by § 5–304 of this title:
(a) At the request of an interested person;
(1) At the request of an interested person;
(b) By a creditor in the event that there has been no administrative probate;
(2) By a creditor in the event that there has been no administrative probate;
(c) If it appears to the court or the register that the petition for administrative probate is materially incomplete or incorrect in any respect;
(3) If it appears to the court or the register that the petition for administrative probate is materially incomplete or incorrect in any respect;
(d) If the will has been torn, mutilated, burned in part, or marked in a way as to make a significant change in the meaning of the will;
(4) If the will has been torn, mutilated, burned in part, or marked in a way as to make a significant change in the meaning of the will; or
(e) If it is alleged that a will is lost or destroyed.
(5) If it is alleged that a will is lost or destroyed.

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