PARRIS N. GLENDENING, Governor                            H.B. 993

(k) For photostatic or other artificially reproduced copies of a paper or record,
per page or part of a page..............................................................................................$ .50

(1) For receiving a will for deposit during the lifetime of the testator..........$1.00

(m) For entering the appointment of a guardian, approval of sureties, and filing
and recording bonds and entering on docket for 1 minor...........................................$6.50

For each additional minor.....................................................................................$ .75

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

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

(p) For providing a probate information booklet and materials.....................$2.00

SUBTITLE 7. MODIFIED ADMINISTRATION.

5-701.

IN THIS SUBTITLE, "DATE OF APPOINTMENT" MEANS THE DATE OF
APPOINTMENT OF THE PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE.

5-702.

AN ELECTION FOR MODIFIED ADMINISTRATION MAY BE FILED BY A PERSONAL
REPRESENTATIVE OF AN ESTATE WITHIN 3 MONTHS FROM THE DATE OF
APPOINTMENT, IF:

(1)     ALL LEGATEES AND HEIRS OF THE RESIDUARY LEGATEES OF A
TESTATE DECEDENT AND THE HEIRS AT LAW OF AN INTESTATE DECEDENT ARE
LIMITED TO THE DECEDENT'S:

(I)      PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE;

(II)     SURVIVING SPOUSE; AND
(III) CHILDREN;

(2)     THE ESTATE IS SOLVENT AND SUFFICIENT ASSETS EXIST TO SATISFY
ALL TESTAMENTARY GIFTS;

(3)     A VERIFIED FINAL REPORT UNDER MODIFIED ADMINISTRATION IS
FILED WITHIN 10 MONTHS FROM THE DATE OF APPOINTMENT;

(4)     FINAL DISTRIBUTION OF THE ESTATE CAN OCCUR WITHIN 12
MONTHS FROM THE DATE OF APPOINTMENT; AND

(5)     ALL LEGATEES AND HEIRS OF THE RESIDUARY LEGATEES OF A
TESTATE DECEDENT AND THE HEIRS AT LAW OF AN INTESTATE DECEDENT
CONSENT TO A MODIFIED ADMINISTRATION AS REQUIRED UNDER § 5-706 OF THIS
SUBTITLE.

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