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Code · Maine · Title 18-C: PROBATE CODE

§1-505. Notices to devisees and heirs; furnishing of copies

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1. Notice to devisees and heirs. A register shall, within 30 days after the filing of an application for the appointment of a personal representative, notify by mail all of the decedent’s devisees and heirs of the right of a surviving spouse to demand an elective share and the time limit for making such an election and of the rights of a surviving spouse and children to the homestead allowance, exempt property and family allowance.
[PL 2023, c. 4, §3 (NEW).]
2. Notice to devisees of probated will. A register shall, within 30 days after a will is probated, notify by mail all devisees under the will that devises have been made to them, stating the name of the testator and the name of the personal representative, if a personal representative has been appointed at the time this notification is sent.
[PL 2023, c. 4, §3 (NEW).]
3. Furnishing of copies. Devisees in a will may, upon application to the register, be furnished with a copy of the probated will upon payment of a fee of $1 per page.
[PL 2023, c. 4, §3 (NEW).]
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