Title 20, DECEDENTS, ESTATES AND FIDUCIARIES

Property which would have passed to or for the benefit of the slayer or elder abuser by devise or legacy from the decedent or victim shall be distributed as if he had predeceased the decedent or victim. (July 1, 2024, P.L.444, No.40, eff. 180 days)

One-half of any property held by the slayer or elder abuser and the decedent or victim as tenants by the entirety shall pass upon the death of the decedent or victim to his estate, and the other half shall be held by the slayer or elder abuser during his life, subject to pass upo…

(a) Joint ownership by slayer or elder abuser and decedent or victim.--One-half of any property held by the slayer or elder abuser and the decedent or victim as joint tenants, joint owners or joint obligees shall pass upon the death of the decedent or victim to his estate, and th…

Property in which the slayer or elder abuser holds a reversion or vested remainder and would have obtained the right of present possession upon the death of the decedent or victim shall pass to the estate of the decedent or victim during the period of the life expectancy of the d…

Any interest in property, whether vested or not, held by the slayer or elder abuser, subject to be divested, diminished in any way or extinguished, if the decedent or victim survives him or lives to a certain age, shall be held by the slayer or elder abuser during his lifetime or…

As to any contingent remainder or executory or other future interest held by the slayer or elder abuser, subject to become vested in him or increased in any way for him upon the condition of the death of the decedent or victim: (1) If the interest would not have become vested or …

(a) Property appointed by will.--Property appointed by the will of the decedent or victim to or for the benefit of the slayer or elder abuser shall be distributed as if the slayer or elder abuser had predeceased the decedent or victim. (b) Other property.--Property held either pr…

(a) Policies on life of decedent or victim.--Insurance proceeds payable to the slayer or elder abuser as the beneficiary or assignee of any policy or certificate of insurance on the life of the decedent or victim, or as the survivor of a joint life policy, shall be paid to the es…

Any insurance company making payment according to the terms of its policy or any bank or other person performing an obligation for the slayer or elder abuser as one of several joint obligees shall not be subject to additional liability by the terms of this chapter, if such paymen…

The provisions of this chapter shall not affect the rights of any person who, before the interests of the slayer or elder abuser have been adjudicated, purchases from the slayer or elder abuser for value and without notice property which the slayer or elder abuser would have acqu…

The record of his conviction of having participated in the willful and unlawful killing of the decedent or the elder abuse of the victim shall be admissible in evidence against a claimant of property in any civil action arising under this chapter. (July 1, 2024, P.L.444, No.40, e…

(a) Escrow required.-- (1) If a person has been charged, whether by indictment, information or otherwise, by the United States, the Commonwealth or any of the several states, with voluntary manslaughter or homicide, except homicide by vehicle, in connection with a decedent's deat…

This chapter shall not be considered penal in nature, but shall be construed broadly in order to effect the policy of this State that no person shall be allowed to profit by his own wrong, wherever committed.

Notwithstanding the provisions of this chapter, an elder abuser may acquire any property or receive any benefits as the result of the death of the victim if it is proven by clear and convincing evidence that either: (1) the victim knew of the conviction but expressed or ratified …