Grimani Estate

Opinion by

Jamison, J.

Nino Grimani died in Rome, Italy, on September 9, 1975, leaving a will, executed in Rome, dated November 10, 1974. He was survived by his wife, Matilda Coco Grimani. One Anna Maria Crosara, a resident of Venice, Italy, claims that she is the daughter of the decedent by a prior marriage, and is entitled to one-half of the estate under Italian law.

On February 17, 1977, more than a year and a half after Nino Grimani’s death, letters of administration, c.t.a. were granted by the Register of Wills of Philadelphia to Joseph N. Bongiovanni, Jr., Esquire, who is also counsel for…