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SUBTITLE 2. COMMENCEMENT OF PROCEEDING.
5-201. PETITION FOR PROBATE.

[[(A) INFORMATION TO BE FURNISHED.]]

THE PETITION FOR PROBATE SHALL CONTAIN ALL KNOWLEDGE
OR INFORMATION OF THE PETITIONER WITH RESPECT TO THE
ITEMS LISTED IN THIS SECTION.

[[(B)]] (A) THE DECEDENT.

IT SHALL STATE THE NAME, DOMICILE, PLACE, AND DATE
OF DEATH OF THE DECEDENT.

[[(C)]] (B) INTEREST OF PETITIONER.

IT SHALL STATE THE INTEREST OF THE PERSON FILING THE
PETITION.

[[(D)]] (C) venue.

IT SHALL STATE THE COUNTY IN WHICH THE DECEDENT HAS
DOMICILED AT THE TIME OF HIS DEATH AND, IF NOT DOMICILED
IN MARYLAND, THE COUNTY IN THIS STATE WHICH THE
PETITIONER BELIEVES WAS THE SITUS OF THE LARGEST PART IN
VALUE OF THE PROPERTY OF THE DECEDENT AT THE TIME OF HIS
DEATH.

[[(E)]] (D) OTHER PROCEEDINGS.

IT SHALL LIST ALL OTHER PROCEEDINGS FILED IN
MARYLAND AND ELSEWHERE REGARDING THE SAME ESTATE.

[[(F)]] (E) TESTAMENTARY STATUS.

IT SHALL STATE WHETHER THE DECEDENT DIED TESTATE OR
INTESTATE, AND

(1)   IF TESTATE, THERE SHALL BE EXHIBITED WITH
THE PETITION THE WILL OR A COPY OF THE WILL. IF THIS
EXHIBIT CANNOT BE PRODUCED, A STATEMENT OF THE REASONS
FOR THE INABILITY, THE NAME, AND THE ADDRESS OF THE
PERSON IN WHOSE CUSTODY THE DOCUMENTS MAY BE, A STATEMENT
OF THE PROVISIONS OF THE WILL AS FAR AS KNOWN TO THE
PETITIONER, AND A STATEMENT OF THE MANNER IN WHICH THE
EXHIBIT CAME INTO THE HANDS OF THE PETITIONER AS WELL AS
A STATEMENT THAT HE KNOWS OF NO LATER WILL; OR

(2)   IF INTESTATE, A STATEMENT OF THE EXTENT