Md. Code, Estates and Trusts § 6-201
This is the official text of Md. Code, Estates and Trusts § 6-201, part of Maryland’s Code, Estates and Trusts — governs wills, trusts, and probate.
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§6–201.
Official statutory text
(a) A person to whom letters are first issued has exclusive authority under the letters until the person’s appointment is terminated or modified.
(b) If, in the absence of termination or modification, letters are afterwards issued to another, the first appointed personal representative may recover any property of the estate in the hands of, and demand and secure an accounting from, the personal representative subsequently appointed, but the acts of the latter done in good faith before notice of the first letters, are not void for want of validity of appointment.
(b) If, in the absence of termination or modification, letters are afterwards issued to another, the first appointed personal representative may recover any property of the estate in the hands of, and demand and secure an accounting from, the personal representative subsequently appointed, but the acts of the latter done in good faith before notice of the first letters, are not void for want of validity of appointment.
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