Legal Opinion

Re: Estate of Maddi, C.

Superior Court of Pennsylvania

Decided July 25, 2017No. Re: Estate of Maddi, C., No. 1121 MDA 2016PublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION BY

OTT, J.:

Mary Sue Goreschak and Charlette Maddi (“Appellants”) appeal the decree entered June 14, 2016, in the Court of Common Pleas of Lackawanna County, that denied Appellants’ petition for appeal from the Register of Wills’ decision to admit to probate a duplicate original of the Last Will and Testament of Charles F. Maddi (Decedent), their father. Appellants claim the orphans’ court erred (1) in failing to hold Decedent’s sister, Lillian Saracino (“Sister”), to the correct legal standard for rebutting the presumption of revocation of a lost will, and (2) in allowing inadmissible…

2Cases cited16 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. RigginsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1978
  2. Commonwealth v. LaichSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2001
  3. In Re: B. Fiedler, Appeal of: E. FiedlerSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2016
  4. Commonwealth v. MarshallSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1926
  5. Ickes v. IckesSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1912

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3Cited by3 opinions

  1. Estate of Rocco, P., Appeal of: Passanante, P.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 2025
  2. Estate of: Vonneuman, A.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 2022
  3. In Re: Est. of S.S.H., Appeal of: T.F.H.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 2024

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