2010 Maryland Code
ESTATES AND TRUSTS
TITLE 5 - OPENING THE ESTATE
Subtitle 2 - Commencement of Proceeding
Section 5-204 - Requests respecting bills.
§ 5-204. Requests respecting bills.
(a) Specific items.- The petition shall contain as appropriate a request for one or more of the acts stated in this section.
(b) Probate of will.- It shall request the probate or recording of a will exhibited with the petition or deposited with the register pursuant to Title 4, Subtitle 2.
(c) Appearance of witnesses.- It shall request an order directing witnesses to an alleged will to appear and give testimony regarding its execution.
(d) Order for delivery of will.- It shall request an order requiring a person alleged to have custody of a will to deliver it to the court.
(e) Lost or destroyed will.- It shall request 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.
(f) Intestacy.- It shall request a finding that the decedent died intestate.
(g) Other relief.- It shall request other relief that the petitioner may consider appropriate.
[An. Code 1957, art. 93, § 5-204; 1974, ch. 11, § 2.]
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