Yes. When the inventory is filed by a supervised personal representative, the proofs of publication must accompany it. The Office of the Register of Wills does not accept proofs of publication separately from the inventory.

“Supporting documents” include bank account statements, broker’s statements, cancelled checks, the Financial Account Information (Form 27) form referred to in SCR-PD 5.1, receipts, and other financial statements.

At the time of filing the original will or codicil, you may also file in paper the Certificate of Filing Will, any Affidavits of Witness, and any Renunciations.

The court rules require that a proposed order and service list be included with a motion or petition requesting action by the court. The court may need to edit the proposed order and service list, so the filer is required to email a non-write-protected version of the proposed order* and service list in Word format (i.e., a version that can be modified and/or edited) to ProbateDivisionEfiling [at] dcsc.gov (ProbateDivisionEfiling[at]dcsc[dot]gov).

Do not submit courtesy copies to chambers unless the judge specifically asks you to do so. Any paper courtesy copy must be labeled in bold at the top of the first page “Courtesy Copy Only. Original filed on (Month)/(Day)/(Year).” Remember that delivery of a courtesy copy to a judge’s chambers does not constitute filing with the court.

No.

Only if the cases are consolidated by court order. Otherwise, any document applying to several cases must be filed separately in each case.

You must file a motion to seal. Otherwise, the document will be available for any member of the public to review. The motion to seal should be eFiled (if you are a mandatory eFiler or have registered for eFiling) and the unredacted document to be sealed must be filed in paper form either by mail or in person at the Probate Clerk’s Office of the Office of the Register of Wills located at Court Building A, 515 5th Street, NW, 3rd Floor, Washington, DC 20001.

The Probate Division adopted a privacy rule, SCR-PD 5.1, which requires the filer to redact or remove from the public record the following information: Social Security numbers, dates of birth, and financial account numbers.

Pursuant to Superior Court, Probate Division Rule 308(d), any petition for compensation that includes services provided at the initial hearing is served, together with the Notice of Petition for Compensation, on all interested parties, including (1) the subject, ward, or protected individual, (2) a Court-appointed examiner, (3) a Court-appointed visitor, (4) a Court-appointed guardian ad litem, (5) counsel for the subject, (6) any person who has been granted permission to participate, (7) any person who has filed an effective request for notice, and (8) any other person as directed by the C