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1997 Florida Statutes

SECTION 206
Probate of will of resident after foreign probate.

733.206  Probate of will of resident after foreign probate.--

(1)  If a will of any person who dies a resident of this state is admitted to probate in any other state or country through inadvertence, error, or omission before probate in this state, the will may be admitted to probate in this state if the original could have been admitted to probate in this state.

(2)  An authenticated copy of the will, foreign proof of the will, the foreign order of probate, and any letters issued shall be filed instead of the original will and shall be prima facie evidence of its execution and admission to foreign probate.

(3)  Any interested person may oppose the probate of the will, or may petition for revocation of the probate of the will, as in the case of the original probate of a will in this state.

History.--s. 1, ch. 74-106; s. 56, ch. 75-220.

Note.--Created from former s. 732.35.