VIRGIN ISLANDS RULES FOR PROBATE AND FIDUCIARY PROCEEDINGS Rule 24. Ancillary Administration Petition; Foreign Wills

• Jurisdiction: United States

Rule 24. Ancillary Administration Petition; Foreign Wills

(a) A foreign will, or the will of a nonresident testator, wherein real or personal property, or both, or an interest therein, situated within the territory, has been devised or bequeathed by a nonresident testator may be admitted to probate or administration where:

(1) the will was executed in conformity with the laws of the testator's domicile;
(2) the will has been established or admitted to probate in the domiciliary jurisdiction of the deceased and has been filed or recorded pursuant to the laws thereof; and
(3) a certified or authenticated copy of the will or a recorded copy of the will filed in the judicial division in which the deceased's property is situated is filed with the court.

(b) Devisees or legatees entitled under the will to receive property in the territory may apply to the court, as authorized by 15 V.I.C. § 198, to be recognized and placed in possession of such property. Such application may be made to the court by petition setting forth the...