In Re Estate of Golas

¶ 1 Sylvia Golas, sister of the decedent Eugene A. Golas, appeals from the entry of a final decree by the trial court, Orphans’ Court Division, ordering distribution of the funds of an Individual Retirement Account (IRA) to the executors of his estate. She contends that the trial court erred in concluding that the decedent effected a change in the beneficiary of that IRA from herself to the estate. We affirm.

¶ 2 The facts as determined by the trial court are as follows. The decedent, age sixty four at his death, had never married and was childless. He was first diagnosed with and began…