Bill Information

An Act amending Titles 20 (Decedents, Estates and Fiduciaries) and 23 (Domestic Relations) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, further providing for right of surviving spouse to elective share; further defining "separate and apart" for purposes of divorce; providing for premarital agreements; further providing for decree of court in actions for divorce; further defining "marital property" for purposes of certain property rights; and further providing for equitable division of marital property, for disposition of property to defeat obligations and for statement of reasons for distribution.