Legal Opinion

In re Estate of Cella

Superior Court of Pennsylvania

Decided August 10, 2010PublishedCited by 45 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION BY

GANTMAN, J.:

Appellant, Audrey C. Locke, appeals from the order entered in the Allegheny *376County Court of Common Pleas, Orphans’ court, which directed the funds in three (3) joint bank accounts to be included in the estate of Charles F. Celia (“Decedent”) and distributed in accordance with his last will and testament. Appellant asks us to determine whether she is the owner of the subject accounts by means of her statutory right of survivorship pursuant to the Multiple Party Account Act at 20 Pa.C.S.A. §§ 6301-6306 (“MPAA”). For the following reasons, we hold the record does not…

2Cases cited12 opinions

  1. Estate of Considine v. Wachovia BankSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2009
  2. Pace v. Thomas Jefferson University HospitalSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1998
  3. In re Estate of WestinSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2005
  4. Stahl v. RedcaySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2007
  5. In Re NovosielskiSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2010

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