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20 PA Cons Stat § 5992 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 20 - DECEDENTS, ESTATES AND FIDUCIARIES|Chapter 59 - Uniform Adult Guardianship and Protective Proceedings Jurisdiction|Section 5992 - Relation to Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act

§ 5992. Relation to Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act. (a) General rule.--Except as set forth in subsection (b), this chapter modifies, limits or supersedes the Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act (Public Law 106-229, 15 U.S.C. § 7001 et seq.).  (b) Exceptions.-- (1) This chapter does not modify, limit or supersede section 101(c) of the Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act (15 U.S.C. § 7001(c)).  (2) This chapter does not authorize electronic delivery of any of the notices described in section 103(b) of the Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act (15 U.S.C. § 7003(b)).
20 PA Cons Stat § 6101 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 20 - DECEDENTS, ESTATES AND FIDUCIARIES|Chapter 61 - Estates|Section 6101 - Definitions

§ 6101. Definitions. The following words and phrases, when used in this chapter, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise, shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section:  "Charity" or "charitable purposes." (Deleted by amendment).  "Conveyance." An act by which it is intended to create an interest in real or personal property whether the act is intended to have inter vivos or testamentary operation. It shall include an act by which a power of appointment whenever given is exercised.   (Apr. 18, 1978, P.L.42, No.23, eff. 60 days; July 7, 2006, P.L.625, No.98, eff. 120 days)
20 PA Cons Stat § 6102 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 20 - DECEDENTS, ESTATES AND FIDUCIARIES|Chapter 61 - Estates|Section 6102 - Termination of trusts (Deleted by amendment)

 § 6102. Termination of trusts (Deleted by amendment).   2006 Amendment. Section 6102 was deleted by amendment July 7, 2006, P.L.625, No.98, effective in 120 days.
20 PA Cons Stat § 6103.1 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 20 - DECEDENTS, ESTATES AND FIDUCIARIES|Chapter 61 - Estates|Section 6103.1 - Release of powers and interests and disclaimer of powers

§ 6103.1. Release of powers and interests and disclaimer of powers. (a) Interests releasable.-- (1) Subject to paragraph (2), an interest in property that has been accepted may be released. (2) An income interest in a spendthrift trust may be released only if the released income passes to one or more of the releasor's descendants.  (b) Effect of release of interest.--A releasor of an interest in property shall be treated as having died at the time of the release for purposes of determining and accelerating the interests of other parties in the property.  (c) Nonfiduciary powers disclaimable or releasable.--A power of appointment, power of withdrawal or other power held in a nonfiduciary capacity may be disclaimed prior to its acceptance or released after its acceptance.  (d) Terms of disclaimer or release.--A release of a power or interest or a disclaimer of a power under this section may:  (1) Be absolute or conditional. (2) Be made with respect to the whole or any part of the property subject to the power or interest.  (3) Reduce or limit the persons or objects or classes of persons or objects in whose favor the power or interest would otherwise be exercisable.  (e) Procedural requirements.--A release and a disclaimer under this section shall be in writing and filed, delivered and recorded in a similar manner as a disclaimer under section 6204 (relating to filing, delivery and recording).  (July 8, 2016, P.L.497, No.79, eff. Jan. 1, 2017)   2016 Amendment. Act 79 added section 6103.1.  Cross References. Section 6103.1 is referred to in section 5601.4 of this title.
20 PA Cons Stat § 6104 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 20 - DECEDENTS, ESTATES AND FIDUCIARIES|Chapter 61 - Estates|Section 6104 - Rule against perpetuities

 § 6104. Rule against perpetuities. (a) General.--No interest shall be void as a perpetuity except as herein provided.  (b) Void interest; exceptions.--Upon the expiration of the period allowed by the common law rule against perpetuities as measured by actual rather than possible events, any interest not then vested and any interest in members of a class the membership of which is then subject to increase shall be void. This subsection shall not apply to:  (1) Interest exempt at common law.--Interests which would not have been subject to the common law rule against perpetuities.  (2) Cemetery trusts.--Interests which are directed to be used for the maintenance, care, or adornment of any cemetery, churchyard, or other place for the burial of the dead, or any portion thereof, or any grave therein or any improvement on or about the same, and which are subject to no condition precedent at the end of the period described in subsection (b).  (3) Pension or profit-sharing plans.--Interests created by a bona fide trust inter vivos primarily for the benefit of business employees, their families or appointees, under a stock bonus, pension, disability or death benefit, profit-sharing or other employee-benefit plan.  (4) Administrative powers.--Powers which contribute to the effective management of trust assets, including powers to sell, mortgage, or lease trust assets, powers relating to investment of trust assets, powers to determine what is principal and what is income, and powers to name successor trustees.  (c) Time for beginning period.--The period allowed by the common law rule against perpetuities under subsection (b) of this section shall be measured from the expiration of any time during which one person while living has the unrestricted power to transfer to himself the entire legal and beneficial interest in the property.  (d) Applicability.--The provisions of this section and of section 6105 (relating to rule against perpetuities; disposition when invalidity occurs) shall apply to all interests created before January 1, 2007.   (Apr. 28, 1978, P.L.77, No.37, eff. 60 days; July 7, 2006, P.L.615, No.98, eff. imd.)   2006 Amendment. Act 98 amended subsec. (d).  Cross References. Section 6104 is referred to in sections 6105, 6107.1 of this title.
20 PA Cons Stat § 6105 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 20 - DECEDENTS, ESTATES AND FIDUCIARIES|Chapter 61 - Estates|Section 6105 - Rule against perpetuities; disposition when invalidity occurs

 § 6105. Rule against perpetuities; disposition when invalidity occurs. (a) Valid interests following void interests.--A valid interest following a void interest in income shall be accelerated to the termination date of the last preceding valid interest.  (b) Void interests on condition subsequent or special limitation.--A void interest following a valid interest on condition subsequent or special limitation shall vest in the owner of such valid interest.  (c) Other void interests.--Any other void interest shall vest in the person or persons entitled to the income at the expiration of the period described in section 6104(b) (relating to void interest; exceptions).    Cross References. Section 6105 is referred to in sections 6104, 6107.1 of this title.
20 PA Cons Stat § 6106 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 20 - DECEDENTS, ESTATES AND FIDUCIARIES|Chapter 61 - Estates|Section 6106 - Income accumulations; when valid

 § 6106. Income accumulations; when valid. (a) General.--Except as set forth in section 6107.1 (relating to applicability of rule against perpetuities), no direction or authorization to accumulated income shall be void, except as herein provided.  (b) Void accumulations; exceptions.--Except as set forth in section 6107.1, upon the expiration of the period allowed by the common law rule against perpetuities as measured by actual rather than possible events, any direction or authorization to accumulate income shall be void. This subsection shall not apply to:  (1) Directions or authorizations to accumulate income in a trust for any charitable purpose or purposes.  (2) Directions or authorizations to accumulate income in a bona fide trust inter vivos primarily for the benefit of business employees, their families or appointees, under a stock bonus, pension, disability or death benefit, profit-sharing or other employee-benefit plan.  (c) Time for beginning period.--Except as set forth in section 6107.1, the period allowed by the common law rule against perpetuities under subsection (b) of this section shall be measured from the expiration of any time during which one person while living has the unrestricted power to transfer to himself the entire legal and beneficial interest in the property.   (July 7, 2006, P.L.625, No.98, eff. imd.)   Cross References. Section 6106 is referred to in section 6107.1 of this title.
20 PA Cons Stat § 6107 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 20 - DECEDENTS, ESTATES AND FIDUCIARIES|Chapter 61 - Estates|Section 6107 - Income accumulations; disposition when invalidity occurs

§ 6107. Income accumulations; disposition when invalidity occurs. Except as set forth in section 6107.1 (relating to applicability of rule against perpetuities), income subject to a void direction or authorization to accumulate shall be distributed to the person or proportionately to the persons in whom the right to such income has vested by the terms of the instrument or by operation of law.  (July 7, 2006, P.L.625, No.98, eff. imd.)   Cross References. Section 6107 is referred to in section 6107.1 of this title.
20 PA Cons Stat § 6107.1 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 20 - DECEDENTS, ESTATES AND FIDUCIARIES|Chapter 61 - Estates|Section 6107.1 - Applicability of rule against perpetuities

§ 6107.1. Applicability of rule against perpetuities. (a) Traditional rule.--Sections 6104 (relating to rule against perpetuities), 6105 (relating to rule against perpetuities; disposition when invalidity occurs), 6106 (relating to income accumulations; when valid) and 6107 (relating to income accumulations; disposition when invalidity occurs):  (1) shall apply to every interest created before January 1, 2007; but (2) shall not apply to any interest created after December 31, 2006. (b) Modern rule.--All of the following apply to every interest created after December 31, 2006:  (1) Except as provided in paragraph (3), no interest shall be void as a perpetuity. (2) No direction or authorization to accumulate income shall be void as a perpetuity. (3) If a power of appointment is exercised to create a new power of appointment, any interest created by the exercise of the new power of appointment is invalid if it does not vest within 360 years of the creation of the original power of appointment, unless the exercise of the new power of appointment expressly states that this provision shall not apply to the interests created by the exercise.  (4) Void interests shall be disposed of in the manner provided in section 6105. (July 7, 2006, P.L.625, No.98, eff. imd.; Oct. 27, 2010, P.L.837, No.85, eff. imd.)   2010 Amendment. Section 9(2) of Act 85 provided that the amendment of section 6107.1 shall apply to any interest created after December 31, 2006. Section 10(b) of Act 85 provided that the amendment of section 6107.1 shall be retroactive to January 1, 2007.  Cross References. Section 6107.1 is referred to in sections 6106, 6107 of this title.
20 PA Cons Stat § 6108 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 20 - DECEDENTS, ESTATES AND FIDUCIARIES|Chapter 61 - Estates|Section 6108 - Designation of beneficiaries of insurance or employee death benefits not testamentary

 § 6108. Designation of beneficiaries of insurance or employee death benefits not testamentary. (a) In general.--The designation of beneficiaries of life insurance, annuity or endowment contracts, or of any agreement entered into by an insurance company in connection therewith, supplemental thereto or in settlement thereof, and the designation of beneficiaries of benefits payable upon or after the death of a participant under any pension, bonus, profit-sharing, retirement annuity, or other employee-benefit plan, shall not be considered testamentary and shall not be subject to any law governing the transfer of property by will. This section shall apply regardless of whether the insurance contract or the employee-benefit plan designates the ultimate beneficiaries or makes the proceeds payable, directly or indirectly, to a trustee of a trust under a will or under a separate trust instrument which designates the ultimate beneficiaries, and regardless of whether any such trust is amendable or revocable, or both, or is funded or unfunded, and notwithstanding a reservation to the settlor of all rights of ownership in the insurance contracts or under the employee-benefit plans. Unless otherwise expressly provided in the conveyance, funds or other property so passing to a trust under a will shall become and be a part of the testamentary trust to be administered and disposed of in accordance with the provisions thereof, without forming any part of the testator's estate for administration by his personal representative.  (b) Applicability.--The provisions of subsection (a) of this section relating to the designation of beneficiaries of benefits payable under employee-benefit plans shall apply to designations made prior or subsequent to January 1, 1970, by persons who die on or after said date, and shall not be deemed to create any implication of invalidity of any such designation made by any person who dies before said date.
20 PA Cons Stat § 6110 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 20 - DECEDENTS, ESTATES AND FIDUCIARIES|Chapter 61 - Estates|Section 6110 - Administration of charitable interests (Deleted by amendment)

 § 6110. Administration of charitable interests (Deleted by amendment).   2006 Amendment. Section 6110 was deleted by amendment July 7, 2006, P.L.625, No.98, effective in 120 days.
20 PA Cons Stat § 6111.1 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 20 - DECEDENTS, ESTATES AND FIDUCIARIES|Chapter 61 - Estates|Section 6111.1 - Modification by divorce or pending divorce

§ 6111.1. Modification by divorce or pending divorce. Any provision in a conveyance which was revocable by a conveyor at the time of the conveyor's death and which was to take effect at or after the conveyor's death in favor of or relating to the conveyor's spouse shall become ineffective for all purposes unless it appears in the governing instrument that the provision was intended to survive a divorce, if the conveyor:  (1) is divorced from such spouse after making the conveyance; or (2) dies domiciled in this Commonwealth during the course of divorce proceedings, no decree of divorce has been entered pursuant to 23 Pa.C.S. § 3323 (relating to decree of court) and grounds have been established as provided in 23 Pa.C.S. § 3323(g).  (Apr. 18, 1978, P.L.42, No.23, eff. 60 days; Dec. 16, 1992, P.L.1163, No.152, eff. imd.; Oct. 27, 2010, P.L.837, No.85, eff. 60 days)
20 PA Cons Stat § 6111.2 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 20 - DECEDENTS, ESTATES AND FIDUCIARIES|Chapter 61 - Estates|Section 6111.2 - Effect of divorce or pending divorce on designation of beneficiaries

§ 6111.2. Effect of divorce or pending divorce on designation of beneficiaries. (a) Applicability.--This section is applicable if an individual:  (1) is domiciled in this Commonwealth; (2) designates the individual's spouse as beneficiary of the individual's life insurance policy, annuity contract, pension or profit-sharing plan or other contractual arrangement providing for payments to the spouse; and  (3) either: (i) at the time of the individual's death is divorced from the spouse; or (ii) dies during the course of divorce proceedings, no decree of divorce has been entered pursuant to 23 Pa.C.S. § 3323 (relating to decree of court) and grounds have been established as provided in 23 Pa.C.S. § 3323(g).  (b) General rule.--Any designation described in subsection (a)(2) in favor of the individual's spouse or former spouse that was revocable by the individual at the individual's death shall become ineffective for all purposes and shall be construed as if the spouse or former spouse had predeceased the individual, unless it appears the designation was intended to survive the divorce based on:  (1) the wording of the designation; (2) a court order;  (3) a written contract between the individual and the spouse or former spouse; or (4) a designation of a former spouse as a beneficiary after the divorce decree has been issued.  (c) Liability.-- (1) Unless restrained by court order, no insurance company, pension or profit-sharing plan trustee or other obligor shall be liable for making payments to a spouse or former spouse which would have been proper in the absence of this section.  (2) Any spouse or former spouse to whom payment is made shall be answerable to anyone prejudiced by the payment.  (Dec. 16, 1992, P.L.1163, No.152, eff. imd.; Dec. 1, 1994, P.L.655, No.102, eff. 60 days; Oct. 27, 2010, P.L.837, No.85, eff. 60 days)
20 PA Cons Stat § 6112 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 20 - DECEDENTS, ESTATES AND FIDUCIARIES|Chapter 61 - Estates|Section 6112 - Spendthrift trusts (Deleted by amendment)

 § 6112. Spendthrift trusts (Deleted by amendment).   2006 Amendment. Section 6112 was deleted by amendment July 7, 2006, P.L.625, No.98, effective in 120 days.
20 PA Cons Stat § 6113 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 20 - DECEDENTS, ESTATES AND FIDUCIARIES|Chapter 61 - Estates|Section 6113 - Limited estates in personalty and in the proceeds of the conversion of real estate

§ 6113. Limited estates in personalty and in the proceeds of the conversion of real estate. A person having a present interest in personal property, or in the proceeds of the conversion of real estate, which is not in trust, and which is subject to a future interest, shall be deemed to be a trustee of such property, and not a debtor to the remainderman, with the ordinary powers and duties of a trustee, except that he shall not be required to change the form of the investment to an investment authorized for Pennsylvania fiduciaries, nor shall he be entitled to compensation as trustee. Such person, unless given a power of consumption or excused from entering security by the terms of the conveyance, shall be required to enter such security for the protection of persons entitled to the future interests as the court in its discretion shall direct. If a person having a present interest shall not enter security as directed, the court shall appoint a trustee who shall enter such security as the court shall direct, and who shall exercise all the ordinary powers and duties of a trustee, except that he shall not be required to change the form of the investment to an investment authorized for Pennsylvania fiduciaries.
20 PA Cons Stat § 6115 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 20 - DECEDENTS, ESTATES AND FIDUCIARIES|Chapter 61 - Estates|Section 6115 - Estates pur autre vie

§ 6115. Estates pur autre vie. An interest conveyed to a person for the life of another, whether or not such conveyance is to him and his heirs, shall, on his death before expiration of the interest, be considered as personal property forming a part of his estate and shall be subject to distribution in like manner as a lease for a term of years.
20 PA Cons Stat § 6116 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 20 - DECEDENTS, ESTATES AND FIDUCIARIES|Chapter 61 - Estates|Section 6116 - Estates in fee tail abolished

§ 6116. Estates in fee tail abolished. Whenever by any conveyance an estate in fee tail would be created according to the common law of the Commonwealth, it shall pass an estate in fee simple, and as such shall be inheritable and freely alienable.
20 PA Cons Stat § 6117 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 20 - DECEDENTS, ESTATES AND FIDUCIARIES|Chapter 61 - Estates|Section 6117 - Rule in Shelley's case and doctrine of worthier title

 § 6117. Rule in Shelley's case and doctrine of worthier title. (a) Rule in Shelley's case.--The rule in Shelley's case and its corollaries shall not be applied, and a conveyance directly or in trust which shall express an intent to create an estate for life with remainder to the life tenant's heirs or the heirs of his body or his issue or his next of kin or persons described by words of similar import, shall not operate to give such life tenant an estate in fee in real estate or an absolute estate in personalty.  (b) Doctrine of worthier title.--The doctrine of worthier title shall not be applied as a rule of law or as a rule of construction. Language in a governing instrument describing the beneficiaries of a disposition as the transferor's heirs, heirs at law, next of kin, distributees, relatives or family or language of similar import shall not create or presumptively create a reversionary interest in the transferor.  (Dec. 1, 1994, P.L.655, No.102, eff. 60 days)
20 PA Cons Stat § 6201 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 20 - DECEDENTS, ESTATES AND FIDUCIARIES|Chapter 62 - Disclaimers|Section 6201 - Right to disclaim

§ 6201. Right to disclaim. A person to whom an interest in property would have devolved by whatever means, including a beneficiary under a will, an appointee under the exercise of a power of appointment, a person entitled to take by intestacy, a joint tenant with right of survivorship, a donee of an inter vivos transfer, a donee under a third-party beneficiary contract (including beneficiaries of life insurance and annuity policies and pension, profit-sharing and other employee benefit plans), and a person entitled to a disclaimed interest, may disclaim it in whole or in part by a written disclaimer which shall:  (1) describe the interest disclaimed; (2) declare the disclaimer and extent thereof; and (3) be signed by the disclaimant. The right to disclaim shall exist notwithstanding any limitation on the interest in the nature of a spendthrift provision or similar restriction.  (Oct. 12, 1984, P.L.929, No.182, eff. imd.; Dec. 1, 1994, P.L.655, No.102, eff. 60 days)
20 PA Cons Stat § 6202 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 20 - DECEDENTS, ESTATES AND FIDUCIARIES|Chapter 62 - Disclaimers|Section 6202 - Disclaimers by fiduciaries or agents

§ 6202. Disclaimers by fiduciaries or agents. A disclaimer on behalf of a decedent, a minor or an incapacitated person may be made by his personal representative, the guardian of his estate or in the case of an incapacitated person who executed a power of attorney which confers the authority to disclaim upon his agent and which qualifies as a durable power of attorney under section 5604 (relating to durable powers of attorney) by such agent, if, in each case, the court having jurisdiction of the estate authorizes the disclaimer after finding that it is advisable and will not materially prejudice the rights of creditors, heirs or beneficiaries of the decedent, the minor or his creditors, or the incapacitated person or his creditors, as the case may be. A personal representative may make a disclaimer on behalf of his decedent without court authorization if the will of the decedent so authorizes him.  (Feb. 18, 1982, P.L.45, No.26, eff. imd.; Oct. 12, 1984, P.L.929, No.182, eff. imd.; Apr. 16, 1992, P.L.108, No.24, eff. 60 days; Oct. 12, 1999, P.L.422, No.39, eff. 60 days)    1999 Amendment. See section 13(8) of Act 39 in the appendix to this title for special provisions relating to applicability.  1992 Amendment. See section 21 of Act 24 in the appendix to this title for special provisions relating to applicability.  Cross References. Section 6202 is referred to in section 5601.4 of this title.