One would think that marriage should be a binary condition: It is either “on” or “off,” because two people are either “married” or “not married.” And that is certainly true of the “on” condition, because the Probate, Estates and Fiduciaries...
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A surviving spouse was not required to claim her intestate share of the estate within the six month period required for claiming an elective share, and she did not forfeit her intestate share by filing an action for divorce against … Continue reading
The separation of the spouses, together with the extramarital affairs of both spouses, was sufficient to establish that the surviving spouse had “willfully and maliciously deserted” the deceased spouse and had forfeited an intestate share in accordance with 20 Pa.C.S. … Continue reading