Ask a will, trust or estate question, get an answer ASAP!
Thousands of highly rated, verified estate & trust lawyers.
Click here to chat with a lawyer about your rights.

Terms Used In Maryland Code, ESTATES AND TRUSTS 5-402

  • Person: includes an individual, receiver, trustee, guardian, personal representative, fiduciary, representative of any kind, corporation, partnership, business trust, statutory trust, limited liability company, firm, association, or other nongovernmental entity. See
  • Probate: Proving a will
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.