Matter of Estate of Jones

ZIMMERMAN, Justice:

The Estate of Herbert Lee Jones, by personal representative Linda Anglesey, appeals a final judgment of the third district court holding that a prior California judgment distributing the testator’s California real property was invalid and ordering the real property redistributed according to Utah law. Anglesey argues that the California judgment is res judicata with respect to the distribution of the testator’s California real property and is therefore entitled to full faith and credit by Utah courts. We agree and reverse.

Herbert Lee Jones, a Utah domiciliary, executed a…