The forum non conveniens doctrine allows courts to defer jurisdiction when justice and convenience principles favor the action in another forum, further requiring a three-step analysis. In Shu v. Wang, a Taiwanese billionaire died intestate with three separate families. These families were litigating against each other over the distribution of his assets. Normally, an adequate alternative forum exists when the defendant is amenable to process in another jurisdiction and there is a cause of action that provides the plaintiff with a satisfactory redress. Ultimately, the court held that the plaintiffs could obtain a satisfactory remedy in Taiwan because two of the defendants lived there and the other consented to its jurisdiction.
See Jeffrey Skatoff, Forum Non Conveniens in Federal Probate Litigation, Florida Probate Lawyers, October 18, 2016.
