§ 5-802

Md. Code, Estates and Trusts § 5-802, under Article — Estates and Trusts.

Md. Code, Estates and Trusts § 5-802

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.