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Current as of December 31, 2021 | Updated by FindLaw Staff
The petition shall contain, as appropriate, a request for one or more of the following acts:
(1) The probate or recording of a will exhibited with the petition or deposited with the register pursuant to Title 4, Subtitle 2 of this article;
(2) An order directing witnesses to an alleged will to appear and give testimony regarding its execution;
(3) An order requiring a person alleged to have custody of a will to deliver it to the court;
(4) 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;
(5) A finding that the decedent died intestate; and
(6) Other relief that the petitioner may consider appropriate.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Maryland Code, Estates and Trusts § 5-204 - last updated December 31, 2021 | https://codes.findlaw.com/md/estates-and-trusts/md-code-est-and-trst-sect-5-204/
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