(a) An interested person may file a petition for the admission of a copy of an executed will in accordance with this subtitle. (b) Notice to interested persons of the filing of the petition is not required.
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 consent required under § 5–802 of this subtitle shall be in substantially the following form: CONSENT TO PROBATE OF COPY OF EXECUTED LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT The undersigned ___________________________ and ____________________, being all the heirs at law of the decedent and all the legatees named in the will executed by the decedent on ___________, […]
The court may: (1) Without a hearing, issue an order authorizing: (i) The petitioner to proceed with administrative probate in accordance with Subtitle 3 of this title; and (ii) The register to accept the copy of the will for administrative probate; or (2) Require the filing of judicial probate in accordance with Subtitle 4 of this title.
