Legal Opinion

Estate of Colucci

Superior Court of Pennsylvania

Decided May 17, 1985No. 163PublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

DEL SOLE, Judge:

This case results from the Common Pleas Court’s refusal to allow an appeal from the granting of letters and admission to probate of the Estate of Lora Colucci. Appellant’s claim was found to be untimely, under 20 Pa.C.S.A. 908(a), filed the 366th day following the Register of Wills admitting the will into probate.

The facts as set forth by the Common Pleas Court are:

Decedent died on March 4, 1981; a will dated October 12, 1978 was duly admitted to probate in the Register of Wills Office ... on March 10, 1981. Letters were granted to Louise Benson on March 10, 1981. On May 4,…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Culbertson's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1930
  2. Estate of ShellySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1975
  3. Bunce v. GalbrathSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1920
  4. In Re Estate of KirkanderSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1980
  5. In Re Estate of KigerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1979

3Cited by4 opinions

  1. In Re Estate of DanielDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 2003
  2. Dempsey v. FiguraSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1988
  3. Valentine v. ElliottDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 2003
  4. Estate of: Hollis C. Gordon, Sr.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 2017

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