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2020 Maryland Statutes
Estates and Trusts
Title 5 - Opening the Estate
Subtitle 8 - Admission of Copy of Executed Will
Section 5-802 - Filing of Petition
Universal Citation: MD. Estates and Trusts Code Ann. § 5-802 (2020)
A petition for admission of a copy of a will may be filed with the court at any time before administrative or judicial probate if:
(1) The original executed will is alleged to be lost or destroyed;
(2) A duplicate reproduction of the original executed will, evidencing a copy of the original signatures of the decedent and the witnesses, is offered for admission; and
(3) All the heirs at law and legatees named in the offered will execute a consent in the manner set forth in § 5–803 of this subtitle.
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