An appeal of an order directing emergency distributions from a trust to preserve licenses for seats for the Los Angeles Lakers did not become moot after the trustee made the distributions because the trustee had raised a jurisdictional issue that … Continue reading
Category Archives: Opinions
Appeals were quashed of two orders which (1) overruled preliminary objections to two petitions seeking to void two amendments to a revocable trust, (2) denied motions for judgment on the pleadings, (3) denied a motion for production of electronic information, … Continue reading
The decedent’s granddaughter, who was not a beneficiary under the contested will and was not an intestate heir because her mother (the decedent’s daughter) was still living, had standing to challenge the will offered for probate by her mother because … Continue reading
A petition to probate a later will, which gave the petitioner an interest in the decedent’s home, was not moot even though the decedent had conveyed the home to another of her children nine months before her death, because the … Continue reading
In an action relating to the account of a trustee of an irrrevocable trust and the approval of a settlement agreement, the order of the Orphans’ Court sustaining preliminary objections to an answer and new matter filed by the settlor … Continue reading
The Register of Wills had jurisdiction to probate the will of a decedent who was not a resident of Pennsylvania because the decedent owned real estate in the Register’s county, but a contestant to a will lacks standing when an … Continue reading
The beneficiaries failed to prove that the executor stole from the estate, wasted or mismanaged the estate, or did anything else that would justify removal. The evidence showed that the decedent was a “hoarder” and his house was full of … Continue reading
The decedent’s surviving spouse was denied letters of administration, which were granted instead to one of the decedent’s children, when the primary asset of the estate is a residence which the spouse is occupying without payment of rent, there is … Continue reading
Objections filed by the individual beneficiary of two charitable remainder unitrusts to the administration and investments of the trusts, and the legal fees paid by the trusts, were overruled after a hearing on the objections, and so the trustee is … Continue reading
In an action relating to the appointment of a trustee and change of situs of an irrevocable trust, the order of the Orphans’ Court sustaining preliminary objections to an answer and new matter filed by the settlor of the trust, … Continue reading