{"data":{"id":"us-md/md.-code-estates-and-trusts-5-204","jurisdiction":"us-md","citation":"Md. Code, Estates and Trusts § 5–204","heading":"","body":"The petition shall contain, as appropriate, a request for one or more of the following acts:\n(1) The probate or recording of a will exhibited with the petition or deposited with the register pursuant to Title 4, Subtitle 2 of this article;\n(2) An order directing witnesses to an alleged will to appear and give testimony regarding its execution;\n(3) An order requiring a person alleged to have custody of a will to deliver it to the court;\n(4) An order directing all interested persons to show cause why the provisions of a lost or destroyed will should not be admitted to probate as expressed in the petition;\n(5) A finding that the decedent died intestate; and\n(6) Other relief that the petitioner may consider appropriate.","path":["Article - Estates and Trusts"],"source_url":"https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Laws/StatuteText?article=get\u0026section=5-204","current_through":"2026-01-01","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T19:58:07Z","sha256":"d62ad3fe498ef2feaa60e8b4c7b6e0d796951ddd078517a564783ba382908608","source_id":"us-md","stale":false,"prev":"us-md/md.-code-estates-and-trusts-5-203","next":"us-md/md.-code-estates-and-trusts-5-205"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}