General
Superior Court Rules of the Probate Division (Cases Prior to August 22, 2022) – 2026
Rule 1
Purpose and scope
Rule 2
Matters presented to the Register of Wills
Rule 3
Verification of pleadings
Rule 4
Notice requirements
Rule 5
Investments by a fiduciary
Rule 5.1
Privacy requirements
Rule 6
Life estate; dower
Rule 6.1
Disclaimers required to be filed with the court
Rule 7
Closing a case despite irregularity
Rule 7.1
Solely owned safe deposit box
Rule 8
Appeals
Rule 9
Stay pending reconsideration or appeal
Rule 10
Petition for probate and administration
Rule 11
Notice of petition for probate
Rule 12
Notice of petition for administration
Rule 13
Collectors
Rule 14
Nonresident fiduciaries
Rule 15
Proceedings in contested estate cases
Rule 16
Registration and appraisal of securities
Rule 17
Sale of personal property
Rule 18
Proceedings for the sale of real property
Rule 19
Accounts of administrators, executors and collectors
Rule 20
Exhibition of assets
Rule 21
Assignments
Rule 22
Compensation to attorneys and fiduciaries
Rule 23
Delinquent fiduciaries
Rule 24
Fees
Rule 25
Definitions
Rule 26
Bias or prejudice of a judge
Rule 101
Matters presented to the Register of Wills
Rule 102
Petition for probate
Rule 103
Notice
Rule 104
Bonds
Rule 105
Special administrators
Rule 106
Nonresident special administrators and personal representatives
Rule 107
Proceedings in contested estate cases
Rule 108
Distributions to minors
Rule 109
Inventory and appraisals
Rule 110
Claims against estate
Rule 111
Action on claims
Rule 112
Sale of estate assets
Rule 113
Rule to show cause for recovery of possession of property of the estate
Rule 114
Accounts of personal representative
Rule 115
Waiver of filing inventories and accounts by all personal representatives
Rule 116
Notice of filing of account
Rule 117
Waiver of formal audit of account
Rule 118
Audit of accounts
Rule 119
Accounts of special administrator
Rule 120
Assignment of rights
Rule 121
Delinquent personal representatives, special administrators or guardians
Rule 122
Qualification and compensation of guardians ad litem
Rule 123
Termination of appointment
Rule 124
Request for compensation
Rule 125
Court costs
Rule 126
Bias or prejudice of a judge
Rule 127
Notice of appointment of foreign personal representative and notice to creditors
Rule 128
Service or notice by publication
Rule 130
Motions for reconsideration and other relief from judgment in decedents' estates