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(b) an order requiring persons named as executors or entitled to
administration, as the case may be, to appear and qualify for
appropriate letters.

5-206. Form of Petition.

In any proceeding for administrative or judicial probate the
Petition for Probate shall be in substantially the following form:

In the Matter of                                    Before the Register of Wills

for

deceased

PETITION FOR PROBATE
The Petition of..........................................................................shows:

1..............................................................., the decedent, who resided

at....................................................in............................................County,

State of.............................................., died at..........................................

on..................................................................

2.    The decedent died [with] [without] a will.

3.    Petitioner is entitled to be appointed personal representative
of the decedent's estate under Section 5-104 of Article 93 of the
Maryland Code for the following reasons:

This is the proper office in which to file the Petition because:

5. The Petitioner has made a diligent search for a will of the
decedent and, to the best of the knowledge of the Petitioner, [the

will accompanying this Petition dated ..................................................

is the decedent's latest will, and said will came into Petitioner's
hands in the following manner] [none exists]:

6.    There is attached hereto as a part hereof a list showing to the
best of the knowledge of the Petitioner, the names and addresses of:
(a) the interested persons as defined in Section 1-101 (g) (F) of
Article 93 and also, if the decedent died with a will, (b) the witnesses
thereto.

7.    All other proceedings regarding the decedent's estate are as
follows: