Section 5-802 - Filing of petition. - Maryland Statutes

§ 5-802. Filing of petition.
 

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. 
 

[2009, ch. 37.]