Under the Foreign Wills Act, a foreign will is valid if:

Under the Foreign Wills Act, a foreign will is valid if:

• A. Valid under NY law
• B. Valid under place of execution law
• C. Valid under testator's domicile law
• D. All of the above

Answer: (D)

The Foreign Wills Act recognizes a foreign will as valid in New York if it would be valid under any of these pathways: the law of the place where the will was executed, the law of the testator’s domicile at the time of execution, or the law of New York itself. The idea is to avoid invalidating a decedent’s wishes simply because the will was drafted or executed outside New York, by allowing probate if the will conforms to the relevant jurisdictional rule that would apply in one of these places. So, the best answer is that the will is valid if it would be valid under the law of the place of execution, or under the testator’s domicile law, or under New York law. That’s why “All of the above” is correct.

The Foreign Wills Act recognizes a foreign will as valid in New York if it would be valid under any of these pathways: the law of the place where the will was executed, the law of the testator’s domicile at the time of execution, or the law of New York itself. The idea is to avoid invalidating a decedent’s wishes simply because the will was drafted or executed outside New York, by allowing probate if the will conforms to the relevant jurisdictional rule that would apply in one of these places.

So, the best answer is that the will is valid if it would be valid under the law of the place of execution, or under the testator’s domicile law, or under New York law. That’s why “All of the above” is correct.