# Estates and Trusts (GET)

## Title 5. Opening the Estate

### Subtitle 1. General Provisions

#### Section 5-101

(a) This subtitle is applicable to the portion of the probate proceeding which relates to the probate of a will, if any, and the grant of letters.

(b) Probate of a will, if any, and the grant of letters, may be accomplished after filing of a petition for probate by:

  (1) Administrative probate by the register of wills as described in Subtitle 3 of this title; or

  (2) Judicial probate by the court as described in Subtitle 4 of this title.

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Md. Code Ann., Est. & Trusts (as displayed at mgaleg.maryland.gov, October 16, 2026)