Estate of Rucker

HERRON, J.,

*184Introduction

The preliminary obj ections filed by the foreign1 fiduciary of a decedent’s estate being administered in Virginia raise the issue of whether this court has in personam jurisdiction over the fiduciary or over the Virginia estate to enforce the return of assets to a Pennsylvania decedent’s estate. For the reasons set forth below, this court lacks in personam jurisdiction over both the foreign fiduciary and the Virginia estate. The petition for the return of assets is therefore dismissed.

Factual Background

Doris Gunter-Rucker (“petitioner”) was appointed administratrix of…