Plaintiff in divorce action may file for discontinuance after death of spouse and before commencement of trial regardless of whether grounds for divorce have been established, and so have her rights in the estate determined under the Probate, Estates and … Continue reading
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Pennsylvania courts have jurisdiction to dissolve a Vermont civil union because it is the “functional equivalent” of marriage. Neyman v. Buckley, 2016 PA Super 307 (12/28/2016). (The Montgomery Co. Court of Common Pleas had reached the opposite conclusion in Corrado v. … Continue reading
Wife continued to be a co-trustee and beneficiary of the husband’s irrevocable trust even after the divorce of the parties where (a) the trust document made no provision for the possibility of divorce, (b) the irrevocable trust was the beneficiary … Continue reading
Decedent began divorce action before death and changed the beneficiaries of a profit sharing plan of his employer without spouse’s consent. ERISA and not 20 Pa.C.S.A. 6111.2 controls, meaning beneficiary designations could not exclude spouse without spouse’s consent in writing. … Continue reading