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DESPITE PROBATE OF WILL IN FLORIDA, DECEDENT WAS A DOMICILIARY OF NEW YORK, ANCILLARY PROCEEDINGS IN NEW YORK INAPPROPRIATE, NONANCILLARY LETTERS GRANTED (FIRST DEPT).

The First Department, reversing Surrogate’s Court, determined decedent was a domiciliary of New York, despite the probate of the will in Florida:

Even if the Florida court had decided that decedent was a domiciliary of that state, “the decree of the State of original probate is not conclusive on the question of domicile or residence” … . Accordingly, this Court may make an independent inquiry into domicile … .

[Petitioner] failed to meet her burden of showing, by clear and convincing evidence, that decedent had changed her domicile from New York to Florida … . The documentation submitted by petitioner in support of her motion to renew, showed that decedent voted in New York, her driver’s license was from New York, and her passport application used her New York address… . She filed New York State tax returns … , and her will and death certificate said she was from New York … . Moreover, when decedent left New York for Florida in July 2009, she said she intended to return, but never did because of medical complications … .

Since decedent was a New York domiciliary, ancillary probate in this state is inappropriate, even though her will has already been probated in Florida … . Therefore, the grant of ancillary letters to [petitioner] is revoked, and nonancillary letters are granted to the Public Administrator. Matter of Assimakopoulos, 2018 NY Slip Op 01440, First Dept 3-6-18

TRUSTS AND ESTATES (DESPITE PROBATE OF WILL IN FLORIDA, DECEDENT WAS A DOMICILIARY OF NEW YORK, ANCILLARY PROCEEDINGS IN NEW YORK INAPPROPRIATE, NONANCILLARY LETTERS GRANTED (FIRST DEPT))/DOMICILE (TRUSTS AND ESTATES, ANCILLARY PROCEEDINGS, DESPITE PROBATE OF WILL IN FLORIDA, DECEDENT WAS A DOMICILIARY OF NEW YORK, ANCILLARY PROCEEDINGS IN NEW YORK INAPPROPRIATE, NONANCILLARY LETTERS GRANTED (FIRST DEPT))/ANCILLARY PROCEEDINGS (TRUSTS AND ESTATES, DESPITE PROBATE OF WILL IN FLORIDA, DECEDENT WAS A DOMICILIARY OF NEW YORK, ANCILLARY PROCEEDINGS IN NEW YORK INAPPROPRIATE, NONANCILLARY LETTERS GRANTED (FIRST DEPT))

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