No Jurisdiction over Nonqualified Employee Benefit Plan

The Orphans’ Court did not have mandatory jurisdiction in a dispute over the beneficiary designation of a decedent’s interest in a nonqualified employee benefit plan, and the court declined to exercise permissive jurisdiction when the plan provided for jurisdiction in Illinois. Swain Estate, 11 Fid.Rep.3d 160 (Allegheny O.C. 2021), aff’d, 465 WDA 2020 (Pa. Super. 6/22/2021) (non-precedential).

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