foreign-will

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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
25-307 Alfonso E. Chavez Ayub v. Alfonso Chavez Pacheco Texas 2025-09-16 Denied due-process foreign-will international-comity judicial-jurisdiction supremacy-clause testamentary-rights Whether state probate courts can disregard foreign jurisdictions' valid Wills and punish dual-citizen heirs under principles of international comity
23-6027 Christy Kay Sweet v. Kathryn Sweet, et al. Nevada 2023-11-15 Denied Relisted (2)IFP foreign-will inheritance-law judicial-ethics nrs-133 nrs-133a probate probate-law testamentary-intent will-contest will-requirements Can a foreign will be admitted under NRS 133 if it fails to comply with the requirements of a foreign will as set forth in NRS 133A?