Md. Code Ann., Est. & Trusts § 5-402
Proceedings for judicial probate
Effective Oct 1, 2019Added by Acts 1974, c. 11, § 2, eff. July 1, 1974. Amended by Acts 2019, c. 197, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2019.State of Maryland
- (1) At the request of an interested person;
- (2) By a creditor in the event that there has been no administrative probate;
- (3) If it appears to the court or the register that the petition for administrative probate is materially incomplete or incorrect in any respect;
- (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
- (5) If it is alleged that a will is lost or destroyed.
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:
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, § 5-402.