In Re: Estate of Culig, N. Appeal of: Culig, E.

OPINION BY

BOWES, J.:

Eleanor Culig appeals the orphans’ court’s conclusion that she must pay for ordinary repairs and maintenance" on the house where she resides. We conclude that Appellant possesses a right to reside rather than a life estate in the real estate in question and that the orphans’ court erred in ruling that she was a life tenant. However, we affirm the orphans’ court’s ruling that Appellant must pay-for routine repairs and maintenance occasioned by her use of that property.

Nicholas Culig died testate on September 17, 1999. On November 8, 1999, the Register of Wills of Allegheny…