In Re Shahan

OLSZEWSKI, Judge:

This is an appeal from the Honorable Robert A. Kelly’s order granting a $37,614.40 judgment in favor of Catherine P. Shahan [“Catherine”]. Catherine petitioned the Orphan’s Court Division of the Allegheny Court of Common Pleas for an accounting and surcharge against Ronald J. Tomchik [“Tomchik”], alleging that he misallocated certain insurance proceeds while acting as administrator of her deceased son’s [“John”] estate. We affirm.

John died intestate in Pennsylvania after he overdosed on drugs in late 1987. As John’s sole intestate heir, Catherine was appointed to administer…