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Section 5-402 - When Mandatory

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A proceeding for judicial probate shall be instituted at any time before administrative probate or within the period after administrative probate provided by § 5–304 of this title: (1) At the request of an interested person; (2) By a creditor in the event that there has been no administrative probate; (3) If it appears to the court or the register that the petition for administrative probate is materially incomplete or incorrect in any respect; (4) If the will has been torn, mutilated, burned in part, or marked in a way as to make a significant change in the meaning of the will; or (5) If it is alleged that a will is lost or destroyed.