In granting letters in administrative or judicial probate, or in appointing a successor personal representative, or a special administrator as provided in Title 6, Subtitle 4 of this article, the court and register shall observe the following order of priority, with any person in any one of the following paragraphs considered as a class: The personal representatives named in a will admitted to probate; The personal representatives nominated in accordance with a power conferred in a will admitted to probate; The surviving spouse, registered domestic partner, and children of an intestate decedent, or the surviving spouse of a testate decedent; The residuary legatees; The children of a testate decedent who are entitled to share in the estate; The grandchildren of the decedent who are entitled to share in the estate; Subject to §§ 3–111 and 3–112 of this article, the parents of the decedent who are entitled to share in the estate; The brothers and sisters of the decedent who are entitled to share in the estate; Other relations of the decedent who apply for administration; The largest creditor of the decedent who applies for administration; Any other person having a pecuniary interest in the proper administration of the estate of the decedent who applies for administration; or Any other person.