Estate of Vittorio

WIEAND, Judge:

The principal issue in this case is whether an oral expression of dissatisfaction for and intent to alter a tentative trust constituted a valid revocation of the trust. The trial court held that the trust had been revoked and ordered the proceeds of the trust savings account paid to the estate of the deceased depositor. We disagree and reverse.

During her life time, Mary DePaola Vittorio had opened an account at . the Roxborough—Manayunk Federal Savings & Loan Association in her name as trustee for a nephew and two nieces, Alessandro Tarsia, Elena Tarsia and Angelina Tarsia, who…