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Committee debates compromise on moving probate notices from print to web; decision deferred
Summary
Members of the House Judiciary Committee debated an amendment to House Bill 3623 that would limit required newspaper estate-notice publications when heirs are known and require centralized website publication; the committee discussed newspaper revenue impacts and agreed to resume debate the next day without taking a final vote.
The House Judiciary Committee spent an extended portion of its hearing considering an amendment to House Bill 3623 that would narrow required newspaper publication of probate notices and allow publication on a centralized state website when heirs are known.
Delegate Moon, who offered the amendment as a compromise, told the committee that the bill had been vetoed by the governor after passing earlier and that the proposed amendment would limit newspaper publication in cases where the register of wills can identify the full universe of heirs. Moon said the amendment was intended as a compromise to reduce the financial burden on bereaved families while preserving notice to potential unknown heirs.
Committee members raised…
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