(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.
Structure Florida Statutes
Title XLII - Estates and Trusts
Chapter 733 - Probate Code: Administration of Estates
Part II - Commencing Administration (Ss. 733.201-733.213)
733.204 - Probate of a will written in a foreign language.
733.205 - Probate of notarial will.
733.206 - Probate of will of resident after foreign probate.
733.207 - Establishment and probate of lost or destroyed will.
733.208 - Discovery of later will.
733.209 - Estates of missing persons.
733.212 - Notice of administration; filing of objections.
733.2121 - Notice to creditors; filing of claims.
733.2123 - Adjudication before issuance of letters.
733.213 - Probate as prerequisite to judicial construction of will.