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Fla. Stat. § 733.206 (2025)

Probate of will of resident after foreign probate.

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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 original probate of a will in this state.
History.—s. 1, ch. 74-106; s. 56, ch. 75-220; s. 90, ch. 2001-226.
Note.—Created from former s. 732.35.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 7 cases, 1984–2020 · leading case: Amendments to the Florida Prob. Rules, 848 So. 2d 1069 (Fla. 2003).
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Amendments to the Florida Prob. Rules, 848 So. 2d 1069 (Fla. 2003). · cites it 4× “§ 733.206, Fla. Stat. Probate of will of resident after foreign probate.”
Florida Bar re Amendment to Rules, 458 So. 2d 1079 (Fla. 1984). · cites it 2× “F.S. 733.206 Probate of will of resident after foreign probate.”
Florida Bar, 537 So. 2d 500 (Fla. 1988). “F.S. 733.206 Probate of will of resident after foreign probate.”
In Re Amendments to the Florida Prob. Rules, 50 So. 3d 578 (Fla. 2010). · cites it 2× “§ 733.206, Fla. Stat. Probate of will of resident after foreign probate.”
In Re: Amendments to the Florida Prob. Rules - 2019 Fast-Track Report (Fla. 2020). · cites it 4× “§ 733.206, Fla. Stat. Probate of will of resident after foreign probate.”
Amendments to the Florida Prob. Rules, 824 So. 2d 849 (Fla. 2002). · cites it 2× “§ 733.206, Fla. Stat. Probate of will of resident after foreign probate.”
Florida Bar, 531 So. 2d 1261 (Fla. 1988). · cites it 2× “F.S. 733.206 Probate of will of resident after foreign probate.”
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