Section 6-307 - Request for judicial probate. - Maryland Statutes

§ 6-307. Request for judicial probate.
 

(a)  General.-  

(1) The appointment of a personal representative who has been appointed by administrative probate is terminated by a timely request for judicial probate. 

(2) The validity of an act performed by the person as personal representative is not affected by this termination. 

(b)  Interim powers.- Subject to an order in the proceeding for judicial probate, a personal representative appointed previously has the powers and duties of a special administrator until the appointment of a personal representative in the judicial probate proceeding. 

(c)  Reappointment.- A person, whose appointment as a personal representative is terminated by a request for judicial probate, may be reappointed. 

(d)  Reinstatement.- The appointment of a personal representative is reinstated on a dismissal or withdrawal of a request for judicial probate. 
 

[An. Code 1957, art. 93, § 6-307; 1974, ch. 11, § 2; 1999, ch. 661.]