In Re: Estate of Harold E. Rood

OPINION BY

WECHT, J.:

The Estate of Harold Rood, David Rood, and Jane Elizabeth Lantz (respectively, “the Estate,” “Rood,” and “Lantz”; collectively, “Appellants”) appeal the orphans’ court’s September 4, 2014 order, which determined that two “payable on death” Vanguard investment accounts (“the Accounts”) opened by Harold Rood (“Decedent”), which named Rood and Lantz as beneficiaries of the Accounts upon Decedent’s death, were subject to the spousal election of Hope Rood, Decedent’s wife (“Wife”), pursuant to 20 Pa.C.S. § 2203. Appellants contend that the orphans’ court erred in determining…