Ciungu v. Bulea
Ciungu v. Bulea , 162 So.3d 290 (Fla. 1st DCA 2015), 40 Fla.L.Weekly D.689c The decedent's here, a husband and wife, died intestate owning property in both Florida and Romania. One of their children filed Petitions for Administration in both estates and was appointed as personal representative. He filed probate inventories and served them on his sister and no objections were filed. The trial court entered an order requiring the personal representative to hold his sister's share of the Estate assets in a restricted account until the sister had fulfilled her obligation to ensure legal title to the Romanian properties was properly vested in the persons entitled to receive those properties under Romanian law. The sister filed a motion to vacate that order, asserting that the probate court lacked subject matter jurisdiction over the Romanian property. At the hearing on the Motion to Vacate, the trial court heard several other issues and ultimately made the following decis...