Schwartz Estate

Opinion by

Mr. Chief Justice Jones,

Decedent died testate on December 11,1969, leaving, inter alia, one half of his residuary estate to his wife, Pearl Schwartz (appellee). Approximately three and one-half months prior to his death, decedent transferred a $37,000 bond of the Natural Gas Pipeline Company of America to his son by a prior marriage, under the Pennsylvania Uniform Gifts to Minors Act, Act of June 21, 1957, P. L. 358, §1 et seq., as amended, 20 P.S. §3601 et seq. (Supp. 1971), wherein decedent named himself as custodian. By court appointment, decedent’s divorced wife became successor…