Malleiro v. Mori
District Court of Appeal of Florida
1Opinion of the CourtLogue, J.
■ This is a dispute over whether the distribution of a testator’s real and ■ personal property in the United States is governed by an earlier will executed in New York or a subsequent unsigned, notarial will executed in Argentina. The trial court admitted the Argentine will to probate and held that it revoked the New York will. We reverse. We hold that the Argentine will, although a notarial will, is a nuncupative will prohibited by the Florida Probate Code because it is unsigned.
FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY
Elena Isleño, the Testator, was born in Argentina. She died in Florida at the age of…
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