{"data":{"id":"us-md/md.-code-estates-and-trusts-5-402","jurisdiction":"us-md","citation":"Md. Code, Estates and Trusts § 5–402","heading":"","body":"A proceeding for judicial probate shall be instituted at any time before administrative probate or within the period after administrative probate provided by § 5–304 of this title:\n(1) At the request of an interested person;\n(2) By a creditor in the event that there has been no administrative probate;\n(3) If it appears to the court or the register that the petition for administrative probate is materially incomplete or incorrect in any respect;\n(4) If the will has been torn, mutilated, burned in part, or marked in a way as to make a significant change in the meaning of the will; or\n(5) If it is alleged that a will is lost or destroyed.","path":["Article - Estates and Trusts"],"source_url":"https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Laws/StatuteText?article=get\u0026section=5-402","current_through":"2026-01-01","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T19:58:07Z","sha256":"bd28d41da9539e84c347f64fb259cb88cea08dcf26835b046ec812812f2510e1","source_id":"us-md","stale":false,"prev":"us-md/md.-code-estates-and-trusts-5-401","next":"us-md/md.-code-estates-and-trusts-5-403"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}