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§ 5-204. Requests relating to probate of will, witnesses, and delivery of will

West's Annotated Code of MarylandEstates and TrustsEffective: October 1, 2019

West's Annotated Code of Maryland
Estates and Trusts (Refs & Annos)
Title 5. Opening the Estate (Refs & Annos)
Subtitle 2. Commencement of Proceeding (Refs & Annos)
Effective: October 1, 2019
MD Code, Estates and Trusts, § 5-204
§ 5-204. Requests relating to probate of will, witnesses, and delivery of will
Currentness
The petition shall contain, as appropriate, a request for one or more of the following acts:
(1) The probate or recording of a will exhibited with the petition or deposited with the register pursuant to Title 4, Subtitle 2 of this article;
(2) An order directing witnesses to an alleged will to appear and give testimony regarding its execution;
(3) An order requiring a person alleged to have custody of a will to deliver it to the court;
(4) An order directing all interested persons to show cause why the provisions of a lost or destroyed will should not be admitted to probate as expressed in the petition;
(5) A finding that the decedent died intestate; and
(6) Other relief that the petitioner may consider appropriate.

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Added by Acts 1974, c. 11, § 2, eff. July 1, 1974. Amended by Acts 2019, c. 197, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2019.
Formerly Art. 93, § 5-204.
MD Code, Estates and Trusts, § 5-204, MD EST & TRST § 5-204
Current through legislation effective through April 9, 2023, from the 2024 Regular Session of the General Assembly. Some statute sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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