GroundRules
D.C. Code § 20-301: Scope.
Where this section sits in the code
- Title 20. Probate and Administration of Decedents’ Estates. [Enacted title]
- Chapter 3. Opening the Estate.
- Subchapter I. General Provisions.
This chapter applies to the opening of an estate which begins with the filing of a petition for probate by an interested person as provided in section 20-304 and results in the probate of a will or the determination of a decedent’s intestacy and the appointment of a personal representative. Probate may occur either:
(a)
As an abbreviated probate proceeding as provided in subchapter II of this chapter;
(b)
As a formal probate proceeding as provided in subchapter III of this chapter;
(c)
As a small estates proceeding as provided in subchapter VI of this chapter.
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