↓

Evans Estate Law Resources

Home Menu ↓
Skip to primary content
Skip to secondary content
  • Home
  • Resource Types
    • News
    • Articles
    • Opinions
    • Rules and Regs.
    • Directories
    • Statutes
    • Rates
    • Tips
    • Overview
    • Forms
  • Rate Tables
    • Applicable Federal Rates
    • Section 7520 Rates
    • Blended Annual Rates
    • Federal Under/Overpayments Rates
    • PA Underpayment Rates
    • PA Common Level Ratios
    • Federal Estate and Gift Tax Rates and Exclusions
  • Directories
    • Registers of Wills
    • Clerks of Orphans’ Courts
    • PA Legislation Pending
    • Attorney General Offices and Notices
    • Software and Services for an Estates Practice
    • Eligible Institutions for Fiduciary Funds
  • About Us
    • Daniel B. Evans
  • Login/Membership
    • Log In
    • Membership Billing
    • Membership Cancel
    • Membership Checkout
    • Membership Confirmation
    • Membership Invoice
    • Membership Levels
Home→Tags Forgery 1 2 >>

Tag Archives: Forgery

Post navigation

← Older posts

Will Forgery Proved

Posted on January 27, 2025 by Daniel EvansJanuary 27, 2025

In an appeal of a will contest alleging forgery, the appellant waived objections to the propriety of the Orphans’ Court relying on samples of the decedent’s signature that were not formally moved into or admitted into evidence because the court … Continue reading →

Posted in Opinions | Tagged Clear and convincing evidence, Forgery, Motion for reconsideration, Will contest

Meritless Appeal of Denial of Forgery Claim

Posted on January 27, 2025 by Daniel EvansJanuary 27, 2025

The Orphans’ Court found that the witnesses who testified to the decedent’s signature on the disputed will were credible, and that factual finding was binding on the appellate court. The finding by the Orphans’ Court that the appellant had knowingly … Continue reading →

Posted in Opinions | Tagged Disclaimers, Forgery

Photocopy of Contract Not to Change Will Was Inadmissable

Posted on April 28, 2024 by Daniel EvansApril 28, 2024

A photocopy of an alleged contract between a husband and wife not to change their wills was properly ruled to be inadmissable as evidence under the “best evidence rule” of Pa.R.E. 1002 because there was a “genuine issue” as to … Continue reading →

Posted in Opinions | Tagged Best evidence rule, Contract to will, Forgery

Transferee of Property Had Standing to Challenge Will

Posted on March 31, 2024 by Daniel EvansOctober 27, 2024

The decedent’s granddaughter, who was not a beneficiary under the contested will and was not an intestate heir because her mother (the decedent’s daughter) was still living, had standing to challenge the will offered for probate by her mother because … Continue reading →

Posted in Opinions | Tagged Forgery, Rules of Appellate Procedure, Standing, Will forgery

Will Forgery Not Proven

Posted on February 23, 2024 by Daniel EvansOctober 27, 2024

The lack of any testimony from a handwriting expert, together with the “imprecise” testimony of children who were disinherited, did not amount to clear and convincing evidence of forgery, and was credibly refuted by the scrivener who testified to the … Continue reading →

Posted in Opinions | Tagged Clear and convincing evidence, Forgery

Evidence of Undue Influence Barred; Fraud and Forgery not Proven

On an appeal from probate, petitioner failed to answer discovery requests and was sanctioned by being barred from introducing evidence of undue influence or lack of capacity. For the remaining allegations of fraud and forgery, the petitioner did not present … Continue reading →

Posted in Opinions | Tagged Discovery, Forgery, Fraud

Proof of Testator’s Signature

Testimony of bank employee that the signature of the witness to the will was her own, and that she would not have signed as witness if she had not seen the testator sign the will and had identified the testator, … Continue reading →

Posted in Opinions | Tagged Appeal from probate, Forgery, Probate

Forgery, Lack of Testamentary Capacity, and Undue Influence Not Proven

Forgery is not proved by the testimony of the decedent’s children that the signature on the will does not look like the decedent’s when the decedent’s lawyer and the subscribing witnesses to the will all testify that they saw the … Continue reading →

Posted in Opinions | Tagged Forgery, Testamentary Capacity, Undue influence

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

Summary Judgment in Will Contest

Disinherited children and grandchildren alleged fraud, undue influence, lack of testamentary capacity, and forgery of probated will, of which a good friend of the decedent was the sole beneficiary.  After considerable discovery, sole beneficiary moved for summary judgment, and the … Continue reading →

Posted in Opinions | Tagged Forgery, Fraud, Summary judgment, Testamentary Capacity, Undue influence, Will contest

Post navigation

← Older posts

Contact Us:

Evans Law Office
101 Old York Road, Suite 303
Jenkintown, PA 19046
Telephone: (866) 348-4250
Email: resources@evans-legal.com
Site Work and Design Provided by M&K Early Design Group
© 2025 - Evans Estate Law Resources
↑