A man found “guilty but mentally ill” in the murders of several family members will not be able to inherit from his victim’s estate, the state Superior Court has determined in an issue of apparent first impression.
A unanimous three-judge panel of the court recently ruled that the Pennsylvania Slayer’s Act barred a “deeply mentally disturbed” man who killed three family members with a sword from receiving any inheritance from the estate of his mother, who he had killed. The decision in Estate of Susan C. McAndrew affirmed the lower court’s ruling, which held that, despite being mentally ill, the killing was willful and the man was a “slayer” under the rules.
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