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District of Columbia · Through 2026-08-20 (D.C. Law 26-175)

D.C. Code § 20-322: When mandatory.

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Where this section sits in the code
  1. Title 20. Probate and Administration of Decedents’ Estates. [Enacted title]
  2. Chapter 3. Opening the Estate.
  3. Subchapter III. Formal Probate Proceeding.

A proceeding for formal probate shall be instituted:

(a)

if, at any time before abbreviated probate,

(1)

an interested person or creditor makes a request; or

(2)

it appears to the Court that the petition for abbreviated probate is materially incomplete or incorrect in any respect; or

(b)

in accordance with the provisions of section 20-331.

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