20 Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes Chapter 88 - Slayers

• Chapter Notes
• Section 8801 - Definition Of Terms
  As used in this chapter: "Slayer." Means any person who participates, either as a principal or as an accessory before the fact, in the...
• Section 8802 - Slayer Not To Acquire Property As Result Of Slaying
  No slayer shall in any way acquire any property or receive any benefit as the result of the death of the decedent, but such...
• Section 8803 - Descent, Distribution, Dower, Courtesy, And Statutory Rights As Survivor
  § 8803. Descent, distribution, dower, curtesy, and statutory rights as survivor. The slayer shall be deemed to have predeceased the decedent as to property...
• Section 8804 - Legacies
  Property which would have passed to or for the benefit of the slayer by devise or legacy from the decedent shall be distributed as...
• Section 8805 - Tenancies By The Entirety
  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...
• Section 8806 - Joint Tenants, Joint Owners And Joint Obligees
  (a) Joint ownership by slayer and decedent.--One-half of any property held by the slayer and the decedent as joint tenants, joint owners or joint...
• Section 8807 - Reversions And Vested Remainders
  Property in which the slayer holds a reversion or vested remainder and would have obtained the right of present possession upon the death of...
• Section 8808 - Interests Dependent On Survivorship Or Continuance Of Life
  Any interest in property, whether vested or not, held by the slayer, subject to be divested, diminished in any way or extinguished, if the...
• Section 8809 - Contingent Remainders And Executory Or Other Future Interests
  As to any contingent remainder or executory or other future interest held by the slayer, subject to become vested in him or increased in...
• Section 8810 - Powers Of Appointment
  (a) Property appointed by will.--Property appointed by the will of the decedent to or for the benefit of the slayer shall be distributed as...
• Section 8811 - Proceeds Of Insurance
  (a) Policies on life of decedent.--Insurance proceeds payable to the slayer as the beneficiary or assignee of any policy or certificate of insurance on...
• Section 8812 - Bona Fide Payment By Insurance Company Or Obligor
  Any insurance company making payment according to the terms of its policy or any bank or other person performing an obligation for the slayer...
• Section 8813 - Bona Fide Purchasers
  The provisions of this chapter shall not affect the rights of any person who, before the interests of the slayer have been adjudicated, purchases...
• Section 8814 - Record Of Conviction As Evidence
  The record of his conviction of having participated in the willful and unlawful killing of the decedent shall be admissible in evidence against a...
• Section 8814.1 - Preadjudication Rule
  (a) General rule.--If a person has been charged, whether by indictment, information or otherwise, by the United States, the Commonwealth or any of the...
• Section 8815 - Broad Construction; Policy Of State
  This chapter shall not be considered penal in nature, but shall be construed broadly in order to effect the policy of this State that...

Last modified: October 8, 2016