The Orphans’ Court had jurisdiction to determine the disposition of the decedent’s remains in accordance with the will of the decedent even though the will had not yet been admitted to probate. The Philadelphia Orphans’ Court did not abuse its … Continue reading
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Although the decedent continued to hold real estate in Pennsylvania through an LLC, and did not claim a homestead exemption in Florida, he had purchased a residence in Florida, changed his driver’s license and voter registration to Florida, filed federal … Continue reading
Florida was the proper jurisdiction to probate the will of the decedent, and not Pennsylvania, when the decedent was physically present in Florida for the last years of his life, had obtained a Florida driver’s license, had registered to vote … Continue reading
Evidence that the decedent wanted to live nearer to her son in North Carolina, and the testimony of disinterested witnesses that the decedent did not intend to return to Pennsylvania, was sufficient to overcome the presumption of continued domicile in … Continue reading
A ninety year old woman suffering from dementia was unable to change her domicile, so her estate was not subject to inheritance tax even though her son had moved her from New York to an assisted living facility in Pennsylvania … Continue reading
Register of Wills properly found that it had jurisdiction to issue letters of administration based on the decedent’s driver’s license, car registration, financial responsibility insurance card, and telephone bill, even though decedent and his spouse owned a home in Bucks … Continue reading
Decedent with multiple residences was found to be domiciled in Pennsylvania, as all of his mail came to his Philadelphia residence and he wished to return there; undue influence was not proved by either direct or indirect evidence, as the … Continue reading
Decedent was domiciled in Pennsylvania at the time of her death because she had maintained the same home in Philadelphia for more than 40 years, and she had shown by her continued presence and connections to Philadelphia that she still … Continue reading