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8. The reason why any information required to be furnished
by Sections 5-201 and 5-202 of Article 93 has not been furnished, is
as follows:

WHEREFORE, the Petitioner prays that he be granted letters
appointing him personal representative of the decedent's estate and
that the aforesaid will, if any, be admitted to [administrative]
[judicial] probate, and that the following additional relief be
granted:

I (we) do(es) hereby solemnly declare and affirm under the
penalties of perjury that the information and representations con-
tained in the foregoing Petition are true and correct according to
my (our) knowledge, information and belief.

(signature)

5-207. Caveat proceeding.

(a)    Petition to Caveat. Whether or not a Petition for Probate
has been filed, a verified Petition to Caveat a will may be filed at any
time prior to the expiration of four SIX months following an adminis-
trative or a judicial probate (unless caveat proceedings had once been
held and finally disposed of).

(b)    Effect of Petition. If the Petition to Caveat is filed before
the filing of a Petition for Probate, or after administrative probate,
it shall have the effect of a request for judicial probate. If filed
after judicial probate the matter shall be reopened and a new
proceeding held as if only administrative probate had previously been
determined. In either case the provisions of Part 4 of this Subtitle
shall apply.

Part 3—Administrative Probate.
5-301. Nature of proceeding.

Administrative probate is a proceeding instituted by the filing of
a petition for such probate by an interested person before the
Register for the probate of a will or a determination of the dece-
dent's intestacy, and for the appointment of a personal representa-
tive. Subject to the provisions of Section 5-402, such proceeding may
be conducted without prior notice, and shall be final, to the extent
provided in Section 5-304, subject to the right of interested persons
to require judicial probate as provided in Part 4 of this Subtitle.

5-302. Action on Petition—in general.

The Register may, upon a request for administrative probate con-
tained in a Petition for Probate, admit a will to probate, and shall
appoint one or more personal representatives on the basis of the
allegations contained in the Petition. The Register may require addi-
tional verified proof, and the same shall be filed in the proceeding.