20 Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes Chapter 61 - Estates

• Chapter Notes
• Section 6101 - Definitions
  The following words and phrases, when used in this chapter, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise, shall have the meanings ascribed to them in...
• Section 6102 - Termination Of Trusts (Deleted By Amendment)
  § 6102. Termination of trusts (Deleted by amendment). 2006 Amendment. Section 6102 was deleted by amendment July 7, 2006, P.L.625, No.98, effective in 120
• Section 6103 - Release Or Disclaimer Of Powers Or Interests
  (a) Powers and interests releasable.--Any power of appointment, or power of consumption, whether general or special, other than a power in trust which is...
• Section 6104 - Rule Against Perpetuities
  (a) General.--No interest shall be void as a perpetuity except as herein provided. (b) Void interest; exceptions.--Upon the expiration of the period allowed by...
• Section 6105 - Rule Against Perpetuities; Disposition When Invalidity Occurs
  (a) Valid interests following void interests.--A valid interest following a void interest in income shall be accelerated to the termination date of the last...
• Section 6106 - Income Accumulations; When Valid
  (a) General.--Except as set forth in section 6107.1 (relating to applicability of rule against perpetuities), no direction or authorization to accumulated income shall be...
• Section 6107 - Income Accumulations; Disposition When Invalidity Occurs
  Except as set forth in section 6107.1 (relating to applicability of rule against perpetuities), income subject to a void direction or authorization to accumulate...
• Section 6107.1 - Applicability Of Rule Against Perpetuities
  (a) Traditional rule.--Sections 6104 (relating to rule against perpetuities), 6105 (relating to rule against perpetuities; disposition when invalidity occurs), 6106 (relating to income accumulations;...
• Section 6108 - Designation Of Beneficiaries Of Insurance Or Employee Death Benefits Not Testamentary
  (a) In general.--The designation of beneficiaries of life insurance, annuity or endowment contracts, or of any agreement entered into by an insurance company in...
• Section 6109 - Combination Of Charitable Trusts (Repealed)
  § 6109. Combination of charitable trusts (Repealed). 1980 Repeal. Section 6109 was repealed July 11, 1980, P.L.565, No.118, effective in 60 days.
• Section 6110 - Administration Of Charitable Interests (Deleted By Amendment)
  § 6110. Administration of charitable interests (Deleted by amendment). 2006 Amendment. Section 6110 was deleted by amendment July 7, 2006, P.L.625, No.98, effective in...
• Section 6111 - Conveyances To Defeat Marital Rights (Repealed)
  § 6111. Conveyances to defeat marital rights (Repealed). 1978 Repeal. Section 6111 was repealed April 18, 1978, P.L.42, No.23, effective in 60 days.
• Section 6111.1 - Modification By Divorce Or Pending Divorce
  Any provision in a conveyance which was revocable by a conveyor at the time of the conveyor's death and which was to take effect...
• Section 6111.2 - Effect Of Divorce Or Pending Divorce On Designation Of Beneficiaries
  (a) Applicability.--This section is applicable if an individual: (1) is domiciled in this Commonwealth; (2) designates the individual's spouse as beneficiary of the individual's...
• Section 6112 - Spendthrift Trusts (Deleted By Amendment)
  § 6112. Spendthrift trusts (Deleted by amendment). 2006 Amendment. Section 6112 was deleted by amendment July 7, 2006, P.L.625, No.98, effective in 120 days.
• Section 6113 - Limited Estates In Personalty And In The Proceeds Of The Conversion Of Real Estate
  A person having a present interest in personal property, or in the proceeds of the conversion of real estate, which is not in trust,...
• Section 6114 - Rules Of Interpretation
  (a) General rule.--Except as provided in subsection (b), in the absence of a contrary intent appearing therein, conveyances shall be construed, as to real...
• Section 6115 - Estates Pur Autre Vie
  An interest conveyed to a person for the life of another, whether or not such conveyance is to him and his heirs, shall, on...
• Section 6116 - Estates In Fee Tail Abolished
  Whenever by any conveyance an estate in fee tail would be created according to the common law of the Commonwealth, it shall pass an...
• Section 6117 - Rule In Shelley's Case And Doctrine Of Worthier Title
  (a) Rule in Shelley's case.--The rule in Shelley's case and its corollaries shall not be applied, and a conveyance directly or in trust which...
• Section 6118 - Invalidity Of Certain Gifts (Repealed)
  § 6118. Invalidity of certain gifts (Repealed). 1976 Repeal. Section 6118 was repealed July 9, 1976, P.L.551, No.135, effective immediately.

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