Legal Opinion

Clanton Estate

Pennsylvania Orphans' Court, Chester County

Decided December 4, 1987No. 1987-140Published

1Opinion of the Court

WOOD, J.,

Geraldine Pleasanton, the former wife of John F. Clanton Jr., *663claims that she is entitled to receive one half of any portion payable to John F. Clanton Jr. out of the estate of Beatrice A. Clanton, and she is asking me to order the estate to make that payment directly to her. She bases her claim on a separation agreement executed by her former husband and herself on August 15, 1974, which provides in paragraph 7:

“SEVEN. Husband agrees to pay to wife an amount of money which shall equal one half the value of all property received by him as a result of the death of his mother, Beatrice…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. Moorehead's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1927
  2. Stewart's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1939
  3. Posner v. SheridanSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1973
  4. Clark v. ClarkSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1963
  5. Estate of BeckPennsylvania Orphans' Court, Schuylkill County · 1890

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