Action for Divorce Deprived Spouse of Standing to Contest Probate

Surviving spouse lacked standing to appeal from probate of will when spouse had filed for divorce and grounds for divorce had been established, because the spouse was no longer an intestate heir under 20 Pa.C.S. § 2106(a).  This was true even though spouse was contesting whether the decedent had been domiciled in Pennsylvania.  Beal Estate, 5 Fid.Rep.3d 247, No. 119 AP 2014 (O.C. Phila. 5/4/2015) (opinion by Herron, J.).

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