The estate of a nonresident decedent being administered by a personal representative appointed in this state shall, if there is a personal representative of the decedent’s domicile willing to receive it, be distributed to the domiciliary personal representative for the benefit of the successors of the decedent unless:
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Terms Used In Utah Code 75-3-816
Decedent: A deceased person.
State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes a state, district, or territory of the United States. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
(a)
By virtue of the decedent’s will, if any, and applicable choice of law rules, the successors are identified pursuant to the local law of this state without reference to the local law of the decedent’s domicile;
(b)
The personal representative of this state, after reasonable inquiry, is unaware of the existence or identity of a domiciliary personal representative; or
(c)
The court orders otherwise in a proceeding for a closing order under Section 75-3-1001 or incident to the closing of a supervised administration.
(2)
In other cases, distribution of the estate of a decedent shall be made in accordance with the other parts of this chapter.
