Biederman v. Ramos

CAMPBELL, Acting Chief Judge.

Appellants, beneficiaries under Decedent’s earlier will, challenge the trial court’s order that required any contest as to the validity of Decedent’s subsequent will dated November 24, 1997, be held in Mexico and not in Florida. We reverse.

This appeal is from two consolidated probate actions filed in Pinellas County after the January 29, 1998 death in Mexico of Azalea Lawson Barteau (Decedent). In a petition for probate, the first action below, Appellants sought to establish and admit to probate a lost Last Will and Testament of the Decedent executed in Florida on…