Scope.
This chapter applies to the opening of an estate which begins with the filing of a petition for probate by an interested person as provided in section 20-304 and results in the probate of a will or the determination of a decedent’s intestacy and the appointment of a personal representative. Probate may occur either: As an abbreviated probate proceeding as provided in subchapter II of this chapter; As a standard probate proceeding as provided in subchapter III of this chapter; As a small estates proceeding as provided in subchapter VI of this chapter.
Annotations
June 24, 1980, D.C. Law 3-72, § 101, 27 DCR 2155 1981 Ed., § 20-301.
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