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Terms Used In Maryland Code, ESTATES AND TRUSTS 5-708

  • Person: includes an individual, receiver, trustee, guardian, personal representative, fiduciary, representative of any kind, corporation, partnership, business trust, statutory trust, limited liability company, firm, association, or other nongovernmental entity. See
  • Personal representative: includes an administrator and an executor. See
  • Probate: Proving a will
(a) A modified administration shall be revoked by the:

(1) Filing of a timely request for judicial probate;

(2) Filing of a written objection to modified administration by an interested person;

(3) Filing of a withdrawal of the election for modified administration by a personal representative;

(4) Orphans’ Court, on its own initiative, or for good cause shown by an interested person or by the register of wills;

(5) Failure to timely file the final report under modified administration and make timely distribution; or

(6) Failure by the personal representative to comply with any provision of this subtitle.

(b) The register of wills shall mail notice of any revocation by first-class mail, postage prepaid, to each interested person.

(c) If a modified administration is revoked, the personal representative shall:

(1) Proceed under administrative probate; and

(2) (i) File a formal inventory and account with the register of wills within the time periods provided in Title 7 of this article; or

(ii) If the deadline has passed for filing either an inventory or an account, file the late document within 30 days from the register’s notice of revocation.