PRINTER'S NO. 4354
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
2858
Session of
2020
INTRODUCED BY McCLINTON, ROTHMAN, LEE, HILL-EVANS, JONES, ROZZI,
McNEILL, KINSEY, DALEY, HOWARD, SANCHEZ, KENYATTA AND BURGOS,
SEPTEMBER 14, 2020
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, SEPTEMBER 14, 2020
AN ACT
Amending Title 20 (Decedents, Estates and Fiduciaries) of the
Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in intestate succession,
further providing for forfeiture.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 2106 of Title 20 of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes is amended by adding subsections to read:
ยง 2106. Forfeiture.
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(b.1) Estranged parent's share of an adult child's estate.--
The following apply:
(1) A parent of a deceased adult child who is estranged
shall have no right or interest under this chapter in the
adult child's real or personal estate. In determining if a
parent was estranged from an adult child, a court shall take
into account the relationship between the adult child and the
parent, including the nature and duration of the
relationship, the conduct of the parent before and after the
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adult child's death and the conduct of another parent in
causing the estrangement.
(2) For the purposes of this subsection, the term
"estranged" shall mean a physical and emotional separation
between a parent and an adult child at the time of the adult
child's death which existed for a year or more before the
adult child's death that clearly demonstrates an absence of
affection, trust and regard for the adult child.
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(e) Surviving parent as witness.--A surviving parent shall
be a competent witness as to all matters pertinent to the issue
of forfeiture under subsection (b.1).
Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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