14-3202. 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 formal testacy or appointment proceeding in this state.
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