Marr v. Hendrix

GRAVES, Justice.

This is a review of a Court of Appeals opinion that reversed an order dismissing a will contest in the Muhlenberg Circuit Court. The trial court ruled that it lacked jurisdiction to entertain a contest of the will of a Florida resident which was previously probated in Florida and then offered for ancillary probate in this state. The issue presented is whether a state in which real property is located has the authority to require the property to pass to the intended heirs in accordance with its laws even though the will containing the devise was probated in a foreign…