Legal Opinion

Stancik Estate

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided March 16, 1973No. Appeal, No. 21PublishedCited by 8 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Nix,

This is an appeal from a decree of the Orphans’ Court Division of the Court of Common Pleas of Beaver County sustaining objections to the proposed distribution of the estate of Margaret Stancik according to a will and subsequent family agreement proffered by the appellant, George Stancik, Jr.1 Because we find that *22both the will and the family agreement failed to dispose of the residue of the estate, we affirm the decree of the court below.

The facts are not in dispute. The decedent, Margaret Stancik, and her husband, George Stancik, Sr., executed a “joint” will which…

2Cases cited16 opinions

  1. Vandergrift EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1962
  2. Grothe's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1910
  3. Conlin EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1957
  4. Walton EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1962
  5. Hill EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1968

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3Cited by8 opinions

  1. Estate of SykesSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1978
  2. In Re Estate of McCreaSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1977
  3. In Re Estate of BrojackSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1983
  4. In Re Estate of BurgerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2006
  5. Estate of ClarkSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1980

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