PARRIS N. GLENDENING, Governor                                S.B. 508

[(n) For filing and recording guardian accounts and petitions and orders per page
or part of a page ..........................................................................................................$2.00]

[(o)](N) For receiving and paying over an inheritance tax due the State, the
register is allowed a commission of [25 percent] 25% of the inheritance tax.

[(p)](O) For providing a probate information booklet and materials .[ $2.00] $2

(P) FOR ALL PROCEEDINGS INVOLVING A FOREIGN PERSONAL
REPRESENTATIVE, A SINGLE FEE OF 1% OF THE GROSS VALUE OF THE ESTATE, NOT
TO EXCEED $100.

5-206.

In a proceeding for administrative or judicial probate the petition for probate shall
be in substantially the following form:
[ In the Matter of

Deceased

Before the Register of Wills for

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 § 5-104 of the Estates and Trusts Article of the Maryland Code
for the following reasons; .......................................................................................................

4. 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. If the decedent died with a will, the names and addresses of all witnesses are:

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