Valencia Bartels de Nunez v. Valencia Bartels

laKUHN, Judge.

I. THE ISSUES

This appeal raises the issues of whether the trial court erred by: 1) determining that Venezuelan law rather than Panamanian law should be applied to determine the validity of a donation of bearer shares of a corporation, 2) determining the donation was required to be in the form of an authentic scripture, and 3) granting injunctive relief, which required defendants to return corporate funds to bank accounts from which the funds were removed.

II. PROCEDURAL HISTORY

Plaintiff-appellee, Norma Valencia Bartels de Nunez, a Venezuelan citizen and resident, filed suit in…