{"data":{"id":"us-md/md.-code-estates-and-trusts-5-304","jurisdiction":"us-md","citation":"Md. Code, Estates and Trusts § 5–304","heading":"","body":"(a) (1) Unless a timely request for judicial probate has been filed pursuant to subsection (b) of this section, or unless a request has been filed pursuant to § 5–402 of this title within 6 months of administrative probate, any action taken after administrative probate shall be final and binding as to all interested persons.\n(2) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, a defect in a petition or proceeding relating to administrative probate shall not affect the probate or the grant of letters.\n(b) An administrative probate may be set aside and a proceeding for judicial probate instituted if, following a request by an interested person within 18 months of the death of decedent, the court finds that:\n(1) The proponent of a later offered will, in spite of the exercise of reasonable diligence in efforts to locate any will, was actually unaware of the existence of a will at the time of the prior probate;\n(2) The notice provided in § 2–210 of this article was not given to such interested person nor did the interested person have actual notice of the petition for probate; or\n(3) There was fraud, material mistake, or substantial irregularity in the prior probate proceeding.","path":["Article - Estates and Trusts"],"source_url":"https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Laws/StatuteText?article=get\u0026section=5-304","current_through":"2026-01-01","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T19:58:07Z","sha256":"b94a3cb08b533e4a8d61733bf7e1e8dd14f51c693ff9c32b92ab9770f294f104","source_id":"us-md","stale":false,"prev":"us-md/md.-code-estates-and-trusts-5-303","next":"us-md/md.-code-estates-and-trusts-5-401"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}