Legal Opinion
In Re Estate of Ogden
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided April 18, 1986No. 00980 and 00981PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OLSZEWSKI, Judge:
This action was initiated by petitions for distribution filed by the trustee of the inter vivos and testamentary trusts of Anna Ogden, decedent. The court below determined that persons in the class of beneficiaries could not be excluded from distribution because they had been adopted into the class and not born into it. We agree.
Anna Ogden died on July 23, 1950. On December 31, 1941, she had entered into an irrevocable trust agreement, which has been properly recorded. Decedent also left a will dated November 4, 1944, which was duly probated and is of record. The trust and…
2Cases cited51 opinions
- Pew TrustSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1963
- Schwab Adoption CaseSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1946
- Vandergrift EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1962
- Tafel EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1972
- Collins EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1958
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3Cited by6 opinions
- In Re Estate of HarrisonSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1997
- In Re Estate of WeaverSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1990
- Trust Agreement of Cyrus D. Jones Dated June 24, 1926Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 1992
- Bloom v. SelfonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1988
- In Re Estate of NesbittSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1987
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