Md. R. Estate Settlem. 6-432

As amended through April 5, 2024

Rule 6-432 - Order to Answer; Registers Notice and Service

Within five days after the filing of the petition to caveat, the Register shall:

(a) issue an Order to Answer requiring the personal representative appointed as a result of the probate of the will or codicil or both being challenged, if one is currently serving, to respond to the petition to caveat within 20 days after service;

(b) serve the Order together with a copy of the petition on the personal representative by first class mail, unless the petitioner requests service by the sheriff;

(c) serve on each interested person a copy of the Notice of Caveat by first class mail, and if no personal representative appointed under the will or codicil or both is currently serving, furnish with the notice a copy of the petition to caveat; and

(d) publish the Public Notice of Caveat once a week for two successive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in the county where the petition to caveat is filed.

Md. R. Estate Settlem. 6-432

Adopted June 28, 1990, eff. 1/1/1991; 12/13/2016, eff. 4/1/2017.

HISTORICAL NOTES

2016 Orders

The December 13, 2016 order, added language after the word "codicil in sections (a) and (c) and deleted references to a certain type of mail and added references to another type.