District of Columbia Code
Title 20 - Probate and Administration of Decedents’ Estates. [Enacted title]
Chapter 3 - Opening the Estate

Subchapter I - General Provisions

§ 20–301. Scope - This chapter applies to the opening of an estate which...

§ 20–302. Necessity for probate - (a) A will is ineffective to transfer property or to...

§ 20–303. Order of priority for appointment of personal representative; persons excluded - (a) General. — (1) The Court shall, except as provided...

§ 20–304. Petition for probate - (a) General. — The petition for probate shall contain all...

§ 20–305. Complaint to contest the validity of a will - Except as provided in section 20-353(b) , any person may...

Subchapter II - Abbreviated Probate Proceeding

§ 20–311. Nature of proceeding - (a) An abbreviated probate proceeding is a proceeding for the...

§ 20–312. Action on petition - (a) General. — Upon a request for abbreviated probate filed...

Subchapter III - Standard Probate Proceeding

§ 20–321. Nature of proceeding - A standard probate proceeding is a proceeding for the probate...

§ 20–322. When mandatory - A proceeding for standard probate shall be instituted: (a) if,...

§ 20–323. Notice of request for standard probate; form - (a) When given. — A person filing a petition for...

§ 20–324. Action on petition - In a standard probate proceeding: (1) Proof of due execution...

Subchapter IV - Finality

§ 20–331. Finality of abbreviated and standard probate proceedings - (a) An abbreviated probate proceeding shall be set aside if,...

Subchapter V - Foreign Personal Representatives

§ 20–341. Requirements - (a) A foreign personal representative of a nondomiciliary shall not...

§ 20–342. Powers of foreign personal representative - A foreign personal representative may exercise all the powers of...

§ 20–343. Publication and claims of creditors - (a) Publication. — A foreign personal representative of a decedent...

§ 20–344. Right of heir or legatee - In the event a foreign personal representative fails to transfer...

Subchapter VI - Small Estates

§ 20–351. General - If the property of a decedent subject to administration in...

§ 20–352. Petition - Any person eligible for appointment as the personal representative of...

§ 20–353. Proceedings after petition - (a) Determinations on petition. — If the Court finds that...

§ 20–354. Duties of personal representatives - (a) Attorney; bond; compensation. — No person appointed as a...

§ 20–355. After-discovered property - The personal representative shall report to the Court immediately, by...

§ 20–356. Applicability of other provisions of title - Except to the extent inconsistent with this subchapter, all the...

§ 20–357. Exception for motor vehicles. [Repealed] - [Repealed]. (June 24, 1980, D.C. Law 3-72, § 101, 27...