The decedent became disabled as an adult, and the decedent’s father owed him no legal duty of support, so the decedent was not a “dependent child” for the purpose of the forfeiture statute, 20 Pa.C.S. § 2106(b). In Re: The … Continue reading
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Father forfeited his intestate share of child’s estate by failing to provide any financial support and deserting the child by failing to visit the child or perform any parental duties in the six years before the child’s death. Thaddeus Lee … Continue reading
Under the amended version of 20 Pa.C.S. § 2106(b), a parent may be found to have forfeited an intestate share of the estate of a child for failure to support the child even if the failure of support is not … Continue reading
Father forfeited his share of the minor’s estate when he was incarcerated during the minor’s first year of life and did not provide food, clothing, toys, or any other financial, physical, or emotional support during the last year of the … Continue reading
The father of the decedent did not forfeit his intestate share of his deceased son’s estate because the adult son was unable to walk, but was not mentally impaired or unable to care for himself, and so was not a … Continue reading
Father who failed to provide financial support and failed to visit his minor child had forfeited his intestate rights and was not entitled to a share of the wrongful death proceeds. Turner v. Cambridge Beauty Supply, 7 Fid.Rep.3d 256 (Philadelphia O.C. … Continue reading
Child who was over the age of 18 at death, but who had been adjudicated to be incapacitated, was a “dependent child” within the meaning of 20 Pa.C.S. § 2016(b), and father who had no contact with child for a … Continue reading