§ 8810.  Powers of appointment.

Statutes | 20 Pa.C.S. § 8810

(a) Property appointed by will. Property appointed by the will of the decedent or victim to or for the benefit of the slayer or elder abuser shall be distributed as if the slayer or elder abuser had predeceased the decedent or victim. (b) Other property. Property held either presently or in...

§ 8809.  Contingent remainders and executory or other future interests.

Statutes | 20 Pa.C.S. § 8809

As to any contingent remainder or executory or other future interest held by the slayer or elder abuser, subject to become vested in him or increased in any way for him upon the condition of the death of the decedent or victim: (1) If the interest would not have become vested or increased if he...

§ 8808.  Interests dependent on survivorship or continuance of life.

Statutes | 20 Pa.C.S. § 8808

Any interest in property, whether vested or not, held by the slayer, subject to be divested, diminished in any way or extinguished, if the decedent survives him or lives to a certain age, shall be held by the slayer during his lifetime or until the decedent would have reached such age, but...

§ 8807.  Reversions and vested remainders.

Statutes | 20 Pa.C.S. § 8807

Property in which the slayer or elder abuser holds a reversion or vested remainder and would have obtained the right of present possession upon the death of the decedent or victim shall pass to the estate of the decedent or victim during the period of the life expectancy of the decedent or victim...

§ 8806.  Joint tenants, joint owners and joint obligees.

Statutes | 20 Pa.C.S. § 8806

(a) Joint ownership by slayer or elder abuser and decedent or victim. One-half of any property held by the slayer or elder abuser and the decedent or victim as joint tenants, joint owners or joint obligees shall pass upon the death of the decedent or victim to his estate, and the other half...

§ 8805.  Tenancies by the entirety.

Statutes | 20 Pa.C.S. § 8805

One-half of any property held by the slayer and the decedent as tenants by the entirety shall pass upon the death of the decedent to his estate, and the other half shall be held by the slayer during his life, subject to pass upon his death to the estate of the decedent.

§ 8804.  Legacies.

Statutes | 20 Pa.C.S. § 8804

Property which would have passed to or for the benefit of the slayer or elder abuser by devise or legacy from the decedent or victim shall be distributed as if he had predeceased the decedent or victim.

§ 8803.  Descent, distribution, dower, curtesy, and statutory rights as survivor.

Statutes | 20 Pa.C.S. § 8803

The slayer shall be deemed to have predeceased the decedent as to property which would have passed from the decedent or his estate to the slayer under the statutes of descent and distribution or have been acquired by dower, by curtesy or by statutory right as surviving spouse.

§ 8802.  Slayer not to acquire property as result of slaying.

Statutes | 20 Pa.C.S. § 8802

No slayer shall in any way acquire any property or receive any benefit as the result of the death of the decedent, but such property shall pass as provided in the sections following.

§ 8801.  Definition of terms.

Statutes | 20 Pa.C.S. § 8801

The following words and phrases when used in this chapter shall have the meanings given to them in this section unless the context clearly indicates otherwise: &ldquoDecedent.&rdquo A person whose life is so taken. &ldquoElder abuse.&rdquo An offense under 18 Pa.C.S. Chs. 27 (relating to...