765 So. 2d 249 - Levine v. Steiger’s Empirical Analysis

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3 state decisions

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1. “Over the objection of a party, the court shall not entertain proceedings under s. 737.201 for a trust . . . having its principal place of administration in another state unless all interested parties could not be bound by litigation in the courts of the state where the trust . . . has its principal place of administration.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Meyer v. Meyer · 903 So. 2d 376 - Perry v. Agnew

2. “This statute is not a jurisdictional bar. It is more in the nature of a venue statute, and speaks in terms of whether a Florida court will "entertain" trust proceedings. The statute further does not seem to require the judge to dismiss a case, even after the statutory provision is invoked, as evidenced by the final sentence of the statute which provides that the judge may enter orders of continuance, or other appropriate orders. The comments of the drafters of the Uniform Probate Code, accompanying section 7-203, which is materially similar to our section 737.203, indicate: It is assumed that under this section a court would refuse to entertain litigation involving the foreign registered trust unless for jurisdictional or other reasons, such as the nature and location of the property or unusual interests of the parties, it is manifest that substantial injustice would result if the parties were referred to the court of registration. . . . [T]he issue is essentially only one of forum non conveniens in having litigation proceed in the most appropriate forum. This is the function of this section.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Meyer v. Meyer