IN RE ESTATE OF SWANSON

No. 80-1687.

397 So.2d 465 (1981)

In re the ESTATE OF Kaihi SWANSON, Deceased. Melissa BAIRD and Elizabeth Baird, Appellants, v. Roger A. LARSON, As Personal Representative for the Estate of Kaihi Swanson, Deceased, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

April 29, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James A. Baxter and Elise K. Winters of Baxter & Rinard, P.A., Clearwater, for appellants.

Leslie M. Conklin of Graham, Hodge & Larson, P.A., Belleair Bluffs, for appellee.


CAMPBELL, Judge.

This action is an appeal from the final order granting appellee's motion to abate appellant's petition challenging the validity of Kaihi Swanson's will. The appellants assert that section 732.502(2), Florida Statutes (1979), applies only to the procedural aspects of will execution and, thus, a will may be attacked on substantive grounds outside the state of execution. We agree and reverse the order of the lower court.

Kaihi Swanson, a Georgia...

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