In Re Estate of Briskman
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION BY
MONTEMURO, J.
¶ 1 This is an appeal from a final decree reversing the decision of the Register of Wills admitting to probate a 1993 will executed by the decedent, Adelaide Briskman, and vacating the letters testamentary issued to Appellant Mark Resop. Because we find that the contestant of the will, Appellee Julie Palley, had no standing to challenge probate, we reverse the Orphan’s Court decree.
¶ 2 The decedent, Adelaide Briskman, died on June 15, 1993, at the age of 82, in the state of Florida. Ms. Briskman never married and had no children. Approximately five months before her…
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