2010 Maine Code
TITLE 18-A: PROBATE CODE
Article 3: PROBATE OF WILLS AND ADMINISTRATION
18-A §3-202. Appointment or testacy proceedings; conflicting claim of domicile in another state
Part 2: VENUE FOR PROBATE AND ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY TO ADMINSTER; DEMAND FOR NOTICE
§3-202. Appointment or testacy proceedings; conflicting claim of domicile in another state
If conflicting claims as to the domicile of a decedent are made in a formal testacy or appointment proceeding commenced in this State, and in a testacy or appointment proceeding after notice pending at the same time in another state, the court of this State must stay, dismiss, or permit suitable amendment in, the proceeding here unless it is determined that the local proceeding was commenced before the proceeding elsewhere. The determination of domicile in the proceeding first commenced must be accepted as determinative in the proceeding in this State. [1979, c. 540, §1 (NEW).]
SECTION HISTORY
1979, c. 540, §1 (NEW).
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