Md. Code, Est. & Trusts § 5-402

Current with changes from the 2024 legislative session from Chs. 2 through 1049, effective on or before 6/1/2024
Section 5-402 - When mandatory

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:

(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.

Md. Code, ET § 5-402

Amended by 2019 Md. Laws, Ch. 197,Sec. 1, eff. 10/1/2019.