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Tag Archives: Domicile

Burial Arrangements in Unprobated Will

Posted on April 2, 2025 by Daniel EvansApril 13, 2025

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 →

Posted in Opinions | Tagged Decedent's remains, Domicile

Decedent Changed Domicile before Death

Posted on March 21, 2025 by Daniel EvansMarch 21, 2025

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 →

Posted in Opinions | Tagged Domicile

Decedent Had Changed Domicile to Florida

Posted on December 16, 2024 by Daniel EvansDecember 25, 2024

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 →

Posted in Opinions | Tagged Domicile

Decedent Intended to Change Domicile

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 →

Posted in Opinions | Tagged Domicile

Person Suffering from Dementia cannot Change Domicile

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 →

Posted in Rulings | Tagged Domicile, Inheritance Tax

Register Properly Determined Residence of Decedent and Denied Letters to Spouse

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 →

Posted in Opinions | Tagged Domicile, PEF 3155

Domicile, Undue Influence, Fraud, Insane Delusions, Forgery, and Testamentary Capacity in Will Contest

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 →

Posted in Opinions | Tagged Domicile, Forgery, Fraud, Insane delusion, Testamentary Capacity, Undue influence, Will contest

Domicile Shown by Actions of Decedent

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 →

Posted in Opinions | Tagged Domicile, Probate

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