In re Estate of Tigue

OPINION BY

COLVILLE, J.:

¶ 1 Decedent’s sisters appeal the order of the Pike County Orphans’ Court which affirmed the register of wills’ appointment of Appellee, Patrick Tigue, as personal representative of Decedent’s estate. We vacate the order and remand for the register to appoint a representative in conformance with 20 Pa.C.S.A. § 3155.

Facts

¶2 Decedent’s will named his wife as executrix and Thomas Tomasky as alternate executor. The will left the residuary estate to Decedent’s wife and, in the alternative, to an individual identified in the will as his son. There appears to be some dispute…