In re Estate of Corace

CIRILLO, President Judge:

This is an appeal from the grant of a petition to vacate the appellant’s election against the decedent’s will. We affirm.

*271Two issues are presented for our review: (1) whether the appellant was competent to testify1 about the creation of her status as a surviving spouse; and (2) whether the appellant had established a common law marriage with the decedent before his death.

The trial court found that in September 1977, the decedent, Frank Corace, hired then 17 year-old appellant/claimant, Mary Graeser, to work in his business. The decedent had met the claimant…