Orphans' Court - regular estate inventory due within nine months

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Filing procedure
In all other estate proceedings ("regular estates"), a personal representative must file an inventory with the Register of Wills. This inventory is a list that includes the nature and value of the probate assets. Within nine months of his or her appointment, the personal representative must file an administration account to show what the decedent owned at death, what was received since death, what payments were made from the estate, and what distributions are expected to be made to the beneficiaries or legal heirs. After that, an administration account must be filed every six months until the estate is closed. Generally, unless there is litigation involved or real estate needs to be sold, most estates are able to be wrapped up within nine to eighteen months of the decedent's death. (as published)

Published duty of the personal representative of a regular estate to file an inventory listing the nature and value of probate assets within nine months of appointment.

court level: Orphans' Court
case type: estate
county: —
Filing procedure: In all other estate proceedings ("regular estates"), a personal representative must file an inventory with the Register of Wills. This inventory is a list that includes the nature and value of the probate assets. Within nine months of his or her appointment, the personal representative must file an administration account to show what the decedent owned at death, what was received since death, what payments were made from the estate, and what distributions are expected to be made to the beneficiaries or legal heirs. After that, an administration account must be filed every six months until the estate is closed. Generally, unless there is litigation involved or real estate needs to be sold, most estates are able to be wrapped up within nine to eighteen months of the decedent's death. (as published)
Source: Maryland Judiciary: Orphans' Court (role of the Orphans' Court, counties with 3 judges and 3 counties served by the Circuit Court, inventory in 9 months, modified administration in 12 months)(retrieved 2026-10-17)

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