1. (a)

   1. (1) Regardless of whether a petition for probate has been filed, a verified petition to caveat a will may be filed at any time before the expiration of 6 months following the first appointment of a personal representative under a will, even if there be a subsequent judicial probate or appointment of a personal representative.

   2. (2) If a different will is offered subsequently for probate, a petition to caveat the later offered will may be filed at a time within the later to occur of:

      1. (i) 3 months after the later probate; or
      2. (ii) 6 months after the first appointment of a personal representative of a probated will.

2. (b)

   1. (1) If the petition to caveat is filed before the filing of a petition for probate, or after administrative probate, it has the effect of a request for judicial probate.
   2. (2) If the petition to caveat is filed after judicial probate the matter shall be reopened and a new proceeding held as if only administrative probate had previously been determined.
   3. (3) In either case described in paragraphs (1) and (2) of this subsection, the provisions of Subtitle 4 of this title apply.

Added by Acts 1974, c. 11, § 2, eff. July 1, 1974. Amended by Acts 1996, c. 10, § 1, eff. April 9, 1996; Acts 2019, c. 197, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2019.

Formerly Art. 93, § 5-207.