Section 5-205 - Requests respecting personal representative.
§ 5-205. Requests respecting personal representative.
(a) Additional request.- The petition shall also contain a request for either of the acts provided in this section.
(b) Grant of letters.- It shall request the grant of letters to the petitioner, if the petition is filed by all of the persons named as executors in the will of a testate decedent, or if the persons in classes higher in the order of priority set forth in § 5-104 of those entitled to administer the estate of an intestate decedent join in the petition or consent in writing to the grant. The joinder or consent of a person who has renounced his right to administer is not necessary.
(c) Order for qualification.- It shall request an order requiring persons named as executors or entitled to administration to appear and qualify for appropriate letters.
[An. Code 1957, art. 93, § 5-205; 1974, ch. 11, § 2; 1984, ch. 657.]