Registering a Will? Part 2
My above post is (generally) validated by info below from a CR law firm website. Explains why someone would "register a will in a foreign country" (<--- somewhat oversimplified stmt, because there would also be a CR judicial proceeding re CR land, as well as the FL probate ct). If anyone has clarification/correction, I'd welcome a post explaining it. I could be wrong.
"Probate of a foreign will in Costa Rica
Is your foreign will valid in Costa Rica ?
It is increasingly common to find a situation where a citizen of one country has a will drafted in their home country but they have also acquired real estate and other assets in Costa Rica. What happens if you die in the foreign country leaving assets in Costa Rica ?
"According to Article 905 of the Costa Rican Code of Civil Procedure if a Costa Rican or foreign citizen that is domiciled outside of Costa Rica leaves assets located in Costa Rica there is a process to recognize a foreign proceeding. If the probate case was filed in the foreign domicile then all the findings and judgments of the foreign court will be recognized in Costa Rica. To assert the validity of those foreign judgments the applicant will have to publish notice in the judicial bulletin for thirty days and then start a foreign judgment recognition action known as an Exequatur." bbm
^ https://costaricalaw.com/costa-rica-legal-topics/wills-and-estates/probate-foreign-will-costa-rica/ a CR law firm website.
My above post is (generally) validated by info below from a CR law firm website. Explains why someone would "register a will in a foreign country" (<--- somewhat oversimplified stmt, because there would also be a CR judicial proceeding re CR land, as well as the FL probate ct). If anyone has clarification/correction, I'd welcome a post explaining it. I could be wrong.
"Probate of a foreign will in Costa Rica
Is your foreign will valid in Costa Rica ?
It is increasingly common to find a situation where a citizen of one country has a will drafted in their home country but they have also acquired real estate and other assets in Costa Rica. What happens if you die in the foreign country leaving assets in Costa Rica ?
"According to Article 905 of the Costa Rican Code of Civil Procedure if a Costa Rican or foreign citizen that is domiciled outside of Costa Rica leaves assets located in Costa Rica there is a process to recognize a foreign proceeding. If the probate case was filed in the foreign domicile then all the findings and judgments of the foreign court will be recognized in Costa Rica. To assert the validity of those foreign judgments the applicant will have to publish notice in the judicial bulletin for thirty days and then start a foreign judgment recognition action known as an Exequatur." bbm
^ https://costaricalaw.com/costa-rica-legal-topics/wills-and-estates/probate-foreign-will-costa-rica/ a CR law firm website.